{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-360.051","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 360.051","heading":"CITATION OF INTERESTED PERSONS.","body":"(a) On the filing of the application, the clerk shall issue a citation that:\n(1) states:\n(A) the decedent's name; and\n(B) the date the court will hear the application; and\n(2) requires all persons interested in the estate to appear and show cause why the estate should not be partitioned and distributed.\n(b) A citation under this section must be:\n(1) personally served on each person residing in the state who is entitled to a share of the estate and whose address is known; and\n(2) served by publication on any person entitled to a share of the estate:\n(A) whose identity or address is not known;\n(B) who is not a resident of this state; or\n(C) who is a resident of this state but is absent from this state.\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 360. PARTITION AND DISTRIBUTION OF ESTATE","SUBCHAPTER B. CITATION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.360.htm#360.051","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"1b48f8459038b37d579fd5e389218867995a70e4c293ba2fcfc6c771d3ebd1b4","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-360.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-360.052"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}