{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-303.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 303.002","heading":"COURT ACTION PROHIBITED BEFORE SERVICE OF CITATION.","body":"A court may not act on an application for the issuance of letters of administration until service of citation has been made in the manner provided by this chapter.\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 303. CITATIONS AND NOTICES IN GENERAL ON OPENING OF ADMINISTRATION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.303.htm#303.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"15340bea07c3be11244609cf6fac5499a43987129db48960fe06cc2b906c7600","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-303.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-304.001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}