{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-301.154","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 301.154","heading":"PROOF REQUIRED WHEN LETTERS HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN GRANTED.","body":"If letters testamentary or of administration have previously been granted with respect to an estate, an applicant for the granting of subsequent letters must show only that the person for whom the letters are sought is entitled by law to the letters and is not disqualified.\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 G. INITIAL APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND OPENING OF ADMINISTRATION","CHAPTER 301. APPLICATION FOR LETTERS TESTAMENTARY OR OF ADMINISTRATION","SUBCHAPTER D. REQUIRED PROOF FOR ISSUANCE OF LETTERS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.301.htm#301.154","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"20b072500c4b7e68f549d6fc0c013b8be1a14aefafcd0993269ffaea929ceeb4","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-301.153","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-301.155"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}