{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-454.004","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 454.004","heading":"DISTRIBUTION OF ESTATE.","body":"The personal representative of the estate of a person presumed dead may not distribute the estate to the persons entitled to the estate until the third anniversary of the date the court granted the letters under Section 454.002.\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#454.004","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"144f2334d5ad6b73238790b9d939d5c102cea0ab524ea4bf8aee73d9f0ac6e38","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-454.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-454.051"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}