{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-305.256","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 305.256","heading":"REQUEST BY SURETY FOR NEW BOND.","body":"(a) A surety on a bond may at any time file with the clerk a petition requesting that the court in which the proceedings are pending:\n(1) require the personal representative to give a new bond; and\n(2) discharge the petitioner from all liability for the future acts of the representative.\n(b) On the filing of a petition under Subsection (a), the personal representative shall be cited to appear and give a new 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 F. NEW BONDS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.305.htm#305.256","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"e746638f356f19d61f01157852d07715e866151f52e37f92bc96f1558ee8b295","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-305.255","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-305.257"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}