Tex. Est. Code § 202.008 · Subchapter A. AUTHORIZATION AND PROCEDURES FOR COMMENCEMENT OF PROCEEDING TO DECLARE HEIRSHIP
REQUIRED PARTIES TO PROCEEDING TO DECLARE HEIRSHIP.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Each of the following persons must be made a party to a proceeding to declare heirship:
(1) each unknown heir of the decedent who is the subject of the proceeding;
(2) each person who is named as an heir of the decedent in the application filed under Section 202.005; and
(3) each person who is, on the filing date of the application, shown as owning a share or interest in any real property described in the application by the deed records of the county in which the property is located.
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.
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