Tex. Est. Code § 202.002 · Subchapter A. AUTHORIZATION AND PROCEDURES FOR COMMENCEMENT OF PROCEEDING TO DECLARE HEIRSHIP
CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH PROCEEDING TO DECLARE HEIRSHIP IS AUTHORIZED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A court may conduct a proceeding to declare heirship when:
(1) a person dies intestate owning or entitled to property in this state and there has been no administration in this state of the person's estate;
(2) there has been a will probated in this state or elsewhere or an administration in this state of a decedent's estate, but:
(A) property in this state was omitted from the will or administration; or
(B) no final disposition of property in this state has been made in the administration; or
(3) it is necessary for the trustee of a trust holding assets for the benefit of a decedent to determine the heirs of the decedent.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1338 (S.B. 1198), Sec. 2.19, eff. January 1, 2014.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.202.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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