Tex. Est. Code § 153.003 · Chapter 153. ACCESS TO INTESTATE'S ACCOUNT WITH FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
COURT-ORDERED ACCESS TO INTESTATE'S ACCOUNT INFORMATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this section, "interested person" means an heir, spouse, creditor, or any other having a property right in or claim against the decedent's estate.
(b) On application of an interested person or on the court's own motion, a court may issue an order requiring a financial institution to release to the person named in the order information concerning the balance of each account that is maintained at the financial institution of a decedent who dies intestate if:
(1) 90 days have elapsed since the date of the decedent's death;
(2) no petition for the appointment of a personal representative for the decedent's estate is pending; and
(3) no letters testamentary or of administration have been granted with respect to the estate.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 217 (H.B. 705), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.153.htm
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