{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-356.653","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 356.653","heading":"EXCEPTION: EXECUTORY CONTRACT.","body":"A personal representative of a decedent's estate may purchase estate property in compliance with the terms of a written executory contract signed by the decedent, including:\n(1) a contract for deed;\n(2) an earnest money contract;\n(3) a buy/sell agreement; and\n(4) a stock purchase or redemption agreement.\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 356. SALE OF ESTATE PROPERTY","SUBCHAPTER N. PURCHASE OF PROPERTY BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.356.htm#356.653","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"7000e550a7431f92206ec93a3903c371a3662858cbcc22ab35a6111908d3f881","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-356.652","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-356.654"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}