{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-355.203","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 355.203","heading":"PURCHASE OF CLAIM BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE PROHIBITED.","body":"(a) It is unlawful, and cause for removal, for a personal representative, whether acting under appointment by will or court orders, to purchase a claim against the estate the representative represents for the representative's own use or any other purpose.\n(b) On written complaint by a person interested in the estate and on satisfactory proof of a violation of Subsection (a), the court after citation and hearing:\n(1) shall enter an order canceling the claim described by Subsection (a); and\n(2) may remove the personal representative who is found to have violated Subsection (a).\n(c) No part of a claim canceled under Subsection (b) may be paid out of the estate.\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 355. PRESENTMENT AND PAYMENT OF CLAIMS","SUBCHAPTER E. CLAIMS INVOLVING PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.355.htm#355.203","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"3fe2b06b59f4133556b1911ba0f9e1c0942733de4436b137090b926b2088ea15","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-355.202","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-356.001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}