{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-56.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 56.001","heading":"CHANGE OF RESIDENT AGENT.","body":"(a) A personal representative of an estate may change the representative's resident agent to accept service of process in a probate proceeding or other action relating to the estate by filing with the court in which the probate proceeding is pending a statement titled \"Designation of Successor Resident Agent\" that states the names and addresses of:\n(1) the representative;\n(2) the resident agent; and\n(3) the successor resident agent.\n(b) The designation of a successor resident agent takes effect on the date a statement under Subsection (a) is filed with the court.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680, Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.","path":["ESTATES CODE","TITLE 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY","SUBTITLE B. PROCEDURAL MATTERS","CHAPTER 56. CHANGE AND RESIGNATION OF RESIDENT AGENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.56.htm#56.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"0eef5c7e4e8ac35d6a1229d523ad6aa28a3ddcbd0cebaede58b2be526253f60e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-55.252","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-56.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}