Tex. Est. Code § 122.001 · Subchapter A. DISCLAIMER OF INTEREST OR POWER
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this subchapter:
(1) "Beneficiary" includes a person who would have been entitled, if the person had not made a disclaimer, to receive property as a result of the death of another person:
(A) by inheritance;
(B) under a will;
(C) by an agreement between spouses for community property with a right of survivorship;
(D) by a joint tenancy with a right of survivorship;
(E) by a survivorship agreement, account, or interest in which the interest of the decedent passes to a surviving beneficiary;
(F) by an insurance, annuity, endowment, employment, deferred compensation, or other contract or arrangement;
(G) under a pension, profit sharing, thrift, stock bonus, life insurance, survivor income, incentive, or other plan or program providing retirement, welfare, or fringe benefits with respect to an employee or a self-employed individual;
(H) by a transfer on death deed;
(I) by a beneficiary designation, as defined by Section 115.001, made for a motor vehicle; or
(J) by a beneficiary designation, as defined by Section 116.001, made for a manufactured home.
(2) "Disclaim" and "disclaimer" have the meanings assigned by Section 240.002, Property Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680, Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 562 (H.B. 2428), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2015.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 841 (S.B. 462), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2015.
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 586 (S.B. 869), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2017.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 865 (S.B. 1940), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2025.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.122.htm
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