Tex. Est. Code § 305.002 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
MANNER OF QUALIFICATION OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A personal representative, other than an executor described by Subsection (b), is considered to have qualified when the representative has:
(1) taken and filed the oath prescribed by Subchapter B or made, signed, and filed the declaration prescribed by Subchapter B;
(2) filed the required bond with the clerk; and
(3) obtained the judge's approval of the bond.
(b) An executor who is not required to give a bond is considered to have qualified when the executor has taken and filed the oath prescribed by Subchapter B or made, signed, and filed the declaration prescribed by Subchapter B.
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 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1136 (H.B. 2912), Sec. 36, eff. January 1, 2014.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 205 (S.B. 1373), Sec. 21, eff. September 1, 2023.
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.305.htm
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