Tex. Est. Code § 1159.003 · Subchapter A. RENTAL AND RETURN OF ESTATE PROPERTY
ESTATE PROPERTY RENTED ON CREDIT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Possession of estate property rented on credit may not be delivered until the renter executes and delivers to the guardian of the estate a note with good personal security for the amount of the rent. If the property is delivered without the guardian receiving the required security, the guardian and the sureties on the guardian's bond are liable for the full amount of the rent.
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a rental that is paid in installments in advance of the period to which the installments relate.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 823 (H.B. 2759), Sec. 1.02, eff. January 1, 2014.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.1159.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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