Tex. Est. Code § 305.101 · Subchapter C. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO BONDS
BOND GENERALLY REQUIRED; EXCEPTIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as otherwise provided by this title, a person to whom letters testamentary or of administration will be issued must enter into a bond before issuance of the letters.
(b) Letters testamentary shall be issued without the requirement of a bond to a person named as executor in a will probated in a court of this state if:
(1) the will directs that no bond or security be required of the person; and
(2) the court finds that the person is qualified.
(c) A bond is not required if a personal representative is a corporate fiduciary.
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.305.htm
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