{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-305.104","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 305.104","heading":"BOND OF MARRIED PERSON.","body":"(a) A married person appointed as a personal representative may execute a bond required by law:\n(1) jointly with the person's spouse; or\n(2) separately without the person's spouse.\n(b) A bond executed by a married person binds the person's separate estate, but does not bind the person's spouse unless the spouse signed the bond.\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#305.104","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"c6bab83278437c6199027fb9202cb250fa31f4de8f26875489f2fa46836ddf72","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-305.103","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-305.105"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}