{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-255.301","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 255.301","heading":"NO RIGHT TO EXONERATION OF DEBTS.","body":"Except as provided by Section 255.302, a specific devise passes to the devisee subject to each debt secured by the property that exists on the date of the testator's death, and the devisee is not entitled to exoneration from the testator's estate for payment of the debt.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.","path":["ESTATES CODE","TITLE 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY","SUBTITLE F. WILLS","CHAPTER 255. CONSTRUCTION AND INTERPRETATION OF WILLS","SUBCHAPTER G. EXONERATION OF DEBTS SECURED BY SPECIFIC DEVISES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.255.htm#255.301","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"c6ab4de2cb3d6e64225bce9a68727634c796393d0e490d81f2cc4c4309587f73","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-255.253","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-255.302"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}