{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-305.101","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 305.101","heading":"BOND GENERALLY REQUIRED; EXCEPTIONS.","body":"(a) Except as otherwise provided by this title, a person to whom letters testamentary or of administration will be issued must enter into a bond before issuance of the letters.\n(b) Letters testamentary shall be issued without the requirement of a bond to a person named as executor in a will probated in a court of this state if:\n(1) the will directs that no bond or security be required of the person; and\n(2) the court finds that the person is qualified.\n(c) A bond is not required if a personal representative is a corporate fiduciary.\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 305. QUALIFICATION OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES","SUBCHAPTER C. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO BONDS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.305.htm#305.101","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"d12579a76fa7ac9eb7fa9c273943f1156876dc47895dea7889119947fe7be0c0","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-305.055","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-305.102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}