{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-305.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 305.002","heading":"MANNER OF QUALIFICATION OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE.","body":"(a) A personal representative, other than an executor described by Subsection (b), is considered to have qualified when the representative has:\n(1) taken and filed the oath prescribed by Subchapter B or made, signed, and filed the declaration prescribed by Subchapter B;\n(2) filed the required bond with the clerk; and\n(3) obtained the judge's approval of the bond.\n(b) An executor who is not required to give a bond is considered to have qualified when the executor has taken and filed the oath prescribed by Subchapter B or made, signed, and filed the declaration prescribed by Subchapter B.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.\nAmended by:\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1136 (H.B. 2912), Sec. 36, eff. January 1, 2014.\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 205 (S.B. 1373), Sec. 21, eff. September 1, 2023.","path":["ESTATES CODE","TITLE 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY","SUBTITLE G. INITIAL APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND OPENING OF ADMINISTRATION","CHAPTER 305. QUALIFICATION OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.305.htm#305.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"688c8c85c16d07044bbae4c494fce8dfe9ff70c5bc7aa98f19c4f7ad5bff19be","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-305.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-305.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}