{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-305.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 305.003","heading":"PERIOD FOR TAKING OATH OR MAKING AND SIGNING DECLARATION.","body":"An oath may be taken and subscribed or a declaration may be made and signed at any time before:\n(1) the 21st day after the date of the order granting letters testamentary or of administration, as applicable; or\n(2) the letters testamentary or of administration, as applicable, are revoked for a failure to qualify within the period allowed.\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. 37, eff. January 1, 2014.\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 205 (S.B. 1373), Sec. 22, 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#305.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"595953c5b2ceaefba2c87cdba42ed434d352a6187a94bc3cdcff33d3590e76b7","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-305.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-305.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}