{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-202.054","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 202.054","heading":"PERSONAL SERVICE OF CITATION MAY BE REQUIRED.","body":"(a) The court may require that service of citation in a proceeding to declare heirship be made by personal service on some or all of those named as distributees in the application filed under Section 202.005.\n(b) If a distributee to be cited under Subsection (a) is absent from or is not a resident of this state, any disinterested person competent to make an oath that the citation was served may serve the citation.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.\nAmended by:\nActs 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 521 (S.B. 626), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2021.\nActs 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 576 (S.B. 615), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2021.","path":["ESTATES CODE","TITLE 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY","SUBTITLE E. INTESTATE SUCCESSION","CHAPTER 202. DETERMINATION OF HEIRSHIP","SUBCHAPTER B. NOTICE OF PROCEEDING TO DECLARE HEIRSHIP"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.202.htm#202.054","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"b5750bce01b387b2f7f802e13dab39c88e4e846b1b4d55d00b5722929f227f2c","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-202.053","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-202.055"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}