{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-301.201","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 301.201","heading":"METHOD OF PREVENTING ADMINISTRATION REQUESTED BY CREDITOR.","body":"(a) If a creditor files an application for letters of administration of an estate, another interested person who does not desire the administration can defeat the application by:\n(1) paying the creditor's claim;\n(2) proving to the court's satisfaction that the creditor's claim is fictitious, fraudulent, illegal, or barred by limitation; or\n(3) executing a bond that is:\n(A) payable to, and to be approved by, the judge in an amount that is twice the amount of the creditor's claim; and\n(B) conditioned on the obligors paying the claim on the establishment of the claim by suit in any court in the county having jurisdiction of the amount.\n(b) A bond executed and approved under Subsection (a)(3) must be filed with the county clerk.\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 E. PREVENTION OF ADMINISTRATION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.301.htm#301.201","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"2102b4b7f3f9d381a6c7637befb4f963036923b181079b9749ebd43d5506cbfc","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-301.155","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-301.202"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}