{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-306.005","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 306.005","heading":"FORM AND CONTENT OF LETTERS.","body":"Letters testamentary or of administration shall be in the form of a certificate of the clerk of the court granting the letters, attested by the court's seal, that states:\n(1) the executor or administrator, as applicable, has qualified as executor or administrator in the manner required by law;\n(2) the date of the qualification; and\n(3) the name of the decedent.\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 306. GRANTING AND ISSUANCE OF LETTERS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.306.htm#306.005","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"9603f47d7458441ba5f60e4aed965b8d77e7f7e08299e2368863c15634963aeb","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-306.004","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-306.006"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}