{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-1159.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 1159.001","heading":"RENTING ESTATE PROPERTY WITHOUT COURT ORDER.","body":"(a) The guardian of an estate, without a court order, may rent any of the estate property for one year or less, at public auction or privately, as is considered to be in the best interests of the estate.\n(b) On the sworn complaint of any person interested in the estate, the court shall require a guardian of the estate who, without a court order, rents estate property to account to the estate for the reasonable value of the rent of the property, to be ascertained by the court on satisfactory evidence.\nAdded by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 823 (H.B. 2759), Sec. 1.02, eff. January 1, 2014.","path":["ESTATES CODE","TITLE 3. GUARDIANSHIP AND RELATED PROCEDURES","SUBTITLE E. ADMINISTRATION OF GUARDIANSHIP","CHAPTER 1159. RENTING ESTATE PROPERTY","SUBCHAPTER A. RENTAL AND RETURN OF ESTATE PROPERTY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.1159.htm#1159.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"59547ebbf42ee4e9bb506f4f8ed51f88a491cf27a27ba296534435a9a591fe4b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-1158.706","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-1159.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}