{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-351.251","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 351.251","heading":"MORTGAGE OR PLEDGE OF ESTATE PROPERTY AUTHORIZED IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.","body":"Under order of the court, a personal representative of an estate may mortgage or pledge by deed of trust or otherwise as security for an indebtedness any property of the estate as necessary for:\n(1) the payment of any ad valorem, income, gift, estate, inheritance, or transfer taxes on the transfer of an estate or due from a decedent or the estate, regardless of whether those taxes are assessed by a state, a political subdivision of a state, the federal government, or a foreign country;\n(2) the payment of expenses of administration, including amounts necessary for operation of a business, farm, or ranch owned by the estate;\n(3) the payment of claims allowed and approved, or established by suit, against the estate; or\n(4) the renewal and extension of an existing lien.\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 F. AUTHORITY TO ENGAGE IN CERTAIN BORROWING"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.351.htm#351.251","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"785153f48371c3d366f891dc2a8713a67fc1d8e11e1a265ac42e90dfad1338e2","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-351.205","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-351.252"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}