{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-401.008","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 401.008","heading":"PERSON DECLINING TO SERVE.","body":"A person who declines to serve or resigns as independent executor of a decedent's estate may be appointed an executor or administrator of the estate if the estate will be administered and settled under the direction of the court.\nAdded by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1338 (S.B. 1198), Sec. 2.53, eff. January 1, 2014.","path":["ESTATES CODE","TITLE 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY","SUBTITLE I. INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION","CHAPTER 401. CREATION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.401.htm#401.008","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"782ce156cb7429a98ffa0532674875d1d204334a1f12a3145f67bf979918b081","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-401.007","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-402.001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}