{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-22.015","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 22.015","heading":"HEIR.","body":"\"Heir\" means a person who is entitled under the statutes of descent and distribution to a part of the estate of a decedent who dies intestate. The term includes the decedent's surviving spouse.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.","path":["ESTATES CODE","TITLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 22. DEFINITIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.22.htm#22.015","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"b920d6c1e85b815a41cb8d9f54042f6fee7ec55882b5563cdeb328f202607eb0","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-22.014","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-22.016"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}