{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-358.253","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 358.253","heading":"ORDER.","body":"On a hearing conducted under Section 358.252, if satisfied from the evidence that it would be in the best interest of the estate, the court shall enter an order requiring the personal representative promptly to file an application to subject the estate property to a lease for mineral development, with or without pooling or unitization provisions, or to commit royalty or other minerals to pooling or unitization, as appropriate.\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 358. MATTERS RELATING TO MINERAL PROPERTIES","SUBCHAPTER F. PROCEDURE IF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF ESTATE NEGLECTS TO APPLY FOR AUTHORITY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.358.htm#358.253","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"225fc93a10088c49735b8c37112f9f3a140bc8349bf27cf47395549e036efd1a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-358.252","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-358.254"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}