Tex. Est. Code § 113.203 · Subchapter E. PROTECTION OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
PAYMENT OF JOINT ACCOUNT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Subject to Subsection (b), amounts in a joint account may be paid, on request, to any party without regard to whether any other party is incapacitated or deceased at the time the payment is demanded.
(b) Payment may not be made to the personal representative or heir of a deceased party unless:
(1) proofs of death are presented to the financial institution showing that the deceased party was the last surviving party; or
(2) there is no right of survivorship under Sections 113.151, 113.152, 113.153, and 113.155.
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.113.htm
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Estates Code
- Tex. Est. Code § 113.151ESTABLISHMENT OF RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP IN JOINT ACCOUNT; OWNERSHIP ON DEATH OF PARTY.Printed as Sections 113.151, 113.152, 113.153, and 113.155
- Tex. Est. Code § 113.152OWNERSHIP OF P.O.D. ACCOUNT ON DEATH OF PARTY.Printed as Sections 113.151, 113.152, 113.153, and 113.155
- Tex. Est. Code § 113.153OWNERSHIP OF TRUST ACCOUNT ON DEATH OF TRUSTEE.Printed as Sections 113.151, 113.152, 113.153, and 113.155
- Tex. Est. Code § 113.155EFFECT OF DEATH OF PARTY ON CERTAIN ACCOUNTS WITHOUT RIGHTS OF SURVIVORSHIP.Printed as Sections 113.151, 113.152, 113.153, and 113.155
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