{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-505.101","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 505.101","heading":"SUIT TO RECOVER DEBT.","body":"(a) On giving notice by a qualified delivery method to all creditors of a decedent in this state who have filed a claim against the decedent's estate for a debt due to the creditor, a foreign executor or administrator of a person who was a nonresident at the time of death may maintain a suit in this state for the recovery of debts due to the decedent.\n(b) The plaintiff's letters testamentary or of administration granted by a competent tribunal, properly authenticated, must be filed with the suit.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.\nAmended by:\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 205 (S.B. 1373), Sec. 46, eff. September 1, 2023.","path":["ESTATES CODE","TITLE 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY","SUBTITLE K. FOREIGN WILLS, OTHER TESTAMENTARY INSTRUMENTS, AND FIDUCIARIES","CHAPTER 505. FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES, TRUSTEES, AND FIDUCIARIES","SUBCHAPTER C. RECOVERY OF DEBTS BY FOREIGN EXECUTOR OR ADMINISTRATOR"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.505.htm#505.101","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"d679cbd7968d276861a4c424de58eabfe7e4b00ff43fb499a093d50e076476cd","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-505.052","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-505.102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}