{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-751.051","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 751.051","heading":"EFFECT OF ACTS PERFORMED BY AGENT.","body":"An act performed by an agent under a durable power of attorney has the same effect and inures to the benefit of and binds the principal and the principal's successors in interest as if the principal had performed the act.\nAdded by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 823 (H.B. 2759), Sec. 1.01, eff. January 1, 2014.\nAmended by:\nActs 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 834 (H.B. 1974), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2017.","path":["ESTATES CODE","TITLE 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY","SUBTITLE P. DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY","CHAPTER 751. GENERAL PROVISIONS REGARDING DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY","SUBCHAPTER B. EFFECT OF CERTAIN ACTS ON EXERCISE OF DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.751.htm#751.051","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"241376e3cd21a7407e220db2f5cfb05ea9d15543baa52a39173d6bbb2d4dff31","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-751.034","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-751.054"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}