{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-551.005","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 551.005","heading":"COMPTROLLER INDISPENSABLE PARTY.","body":"(a) The comptroller is an indispensable party to a judicial or administrative proceeding concerning the disposition and handling of any share of an estate that is or may be payable to the comptroller under Section 551.001.\n(b) The clerk of a court that orders an executor or administrator to pay funds to the comptroller under Section 551.001 shall provide to the comptroller, by a qualified delivery method or e-mail, a certified copy of the court order not later than the fifth day after the date the order is issued.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.\nAmended by:\nActs 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 52 (H.B. 1514), Sec. 1, eff. May 18, 2021.\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 205 (S.B. 1373), Sec. 47, eff. September 1, 2023.","path":["ESTATES CODE","TITLE 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY","SUBTITLE L. PAYMENT OF ESTATES INTO TREASURY","CHAPTER 551. PAYMENT OF CERTAIN ESTATES TO STATE","SUBCHAPTER A. PAYMENT OF CERTAIN FUNDS TO STATE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.551.htm#551.005","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"343d2d50715823b14b6e588b4c355601409bb5491f5f928f9a9b7c244f1e6598","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-551.004","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-551.006"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}