Tex. Est. Code § 255.301 · Subchapter G. EXONERATION OF DEBTS SECURED BY SPECIFIC DEVISES
NO RIGHT TO EXONERATION OF DEBTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Except as provided by Section 255.302, a specific devise passes to the devisee subject to each debt secured by the property that exists on the date of the testator's death, and the devisee is not entitled to exoneration from the testator's estate for payment of the debt.
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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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.255.htm
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