{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-351.101","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 351.101","heading":"DUTY OF CARE.","body":"An executor or administrator of an estate shall take care of estate property as a prudent person would take of that person's own property, and if any buildings belong to the estate, the executor or administrator shall keep those buildings in good repair, except for extraordinary casualties, unless directed by a court order not to do so.\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 H. CONTINUATION OF ADMINISTRATION","CHAPTER 351. POWERS AND DUTIES OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES IN GENERAL","SUBCHAPTER C. POSSESSION AND CARE OF ESTATE PROPERTY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.351.htm#351.101","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"b23ef010fee0a90f4886a0ce2f52af776df46db556ac305eb5ab6da84958fbbf","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-351.054","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-351.102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}