{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-301.155","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 301.155","heading":"AUTHORIZED METHODS OF PROOF.","body":"A fact contained in an application for issuance of letters testamentary or of administration or any other fact required to be proved by this subchapter may be proved by the sworn testimony of a witness with personal knowledge of the fact that is:\n(1) taken in open court; or\n(2) if proved under oath to the satisfaction of the court that the witness is unavailable, taken by deposition on written questions in accordance with Section 51.203 or the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.\nAdded by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1136 (H.B. 2912), Sec. 34, 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#301.155","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"bc4fb83cf54703533ab4efe3a0121f4e813f92e332bcf543f394733c161b59e6","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-301.154","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-301.201"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}