Tex. Est. Code § 303.002 · Chapter 303. CITATIONS AND NOTICES IN GENERAL ON OPENING OF ADMINISTRATION
COURT ACTION PROHIBITED BEFORE SERVICE OF CITATION.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A court may not act on an application for the issuance of letters of administration until service of citation has been made in the manner provided by this chapter.
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.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.303.htm
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- Composed by
- 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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