{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-454.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 454.001","heading":"APPLICABILITY; DETERMINATION OF DEATH.","body":"(a) This subchapter applies in a proceeding to probate a person's will or administer a person's estate if there is no direct evidence that the person is dead.\n(b) The court has jurisdiction to determine the fact, time, and place of the person's death.\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 J. ADDITIONAL MATTERS RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF CERTAIN ESTATES","CHAPTER 454. ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATE OF PERSON PRESUMED DEAD","SUBCHAPTER A. ESTATES OF PERSONS PRESUMED DEAD"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.454.htm#454.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"93924e93fe7471fac306b60983526366785b375625555459ece4c13cffaa8ba8","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-453.009","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-454.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}