{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-301.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 301.002","heading":"PERIOD FOR FILING APPLICATION FOR LETTERS TESTAMENTARY OR OF ADMINISTRATION.","body":"(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) and Section 501.006 with respect to a foreign will, an application for the grant of letters testamentary or of administration of an estate must be filed not later than the fourth anniversary of the decedent's death.\n(b) This section does not apply if administration is necessary to:\n(1) receive or recover property due a decedent's estate; or\n(2) prevent real property in a decedent's estate from becoming a danger to the health, safety, or welfare of the general public and the applicant for the issuance of letters testamentary or of administration is a home-rule municipality that is a creditor of the estate.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 576 (H.B. 3160), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 949 (S.B. 995), Sec. 27, eff. September 1, 2015.","path":["ESTATES CODE","TITLE 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY","SUBTITLE G. INITIAL APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND OPENING OF ADMINISTRATION","CHAPTER 301. APPLICATION FOR LETTERS TESTAMENTARY OR OF ADMINISTRATION","SUBCHAPTER A. PERIOD FOR APPLICATION FOR LETTERS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.301.htm#301.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"deb019337ac7c360331d6d87aa51f2c834cdba91fdcb1ed9d51674f52f0a05d1","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-301.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-301.051"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}