{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-153.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 153.003","heading":"COURT-ORDERED ACCESS TO INTESTATE'S ACCOUNT INFORMATION.","body":"(a) In this section, \"interested person\" means an heir, spouse, creditor, or any other having a property right in or claim against the decedent's estate.\n(b) On application of an interested person or on the court's own motion, a court may issue an order requiring a financial institution to release to the person named in the order information concerning the balance of each account that is maintained at the financial institution of a decedent who dies intestate if:\n(1) 90 days have elapsed since the date of the decedent's death;\n(2) no petition for the appointment of a personal representative for the decedent's estate is pending; and\n(3) no letters testamentary or of administration have been granted with respect to the estate.\nAdded by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 217 (H.B. 705), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.","path":["ESTATES CODE","TITLE 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY","SUBTITLE D. PROCEEDINGS BEFORE ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATE","CHAPTER 153. ACCESS TO INTESTATE'S ACCOUNT WITH FINANCIAL INSTITUTION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.153.htm#153.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"f35438ab01730b5d5c2101a4993d35b369befaaa45bebc49d2c48464cf6e6f41","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-153.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-201.001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}