Tex. Est. Code § 111.001 · Subchapter A. RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP AGREEMENTS BETWEEN JOINT TENANTS
RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP AGREEMENTS AUTHORIZED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Notwithstanding Section 101.002, two or more persons who hold an interest in property jointly may agree in writing that the interest of a joint owner who dies survives to the surviving joint owner or owners.
(b) An agreement described by Subsection (a) may not be inferred from the mere fact that property is held in joint ownership.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680, Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.111.htm
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