Tex. Est. Code § 309.051 · Subchapter B. REQUIREMENTS FOR INVENTORY, APPRAISEMENT, AND LIST OF CLAIMS; AFFIDAVIT IN LIEU OF INVENTORY, APPRAISEMENT, AND LIST OF CLAIMS
INVENTORY AND APPRAISEMENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c) or Section 309.056 or unless a longer period is granted by the court, before the 91st day after the date the personal representative qualifies, the representative shall prepare and file with the court clerk a single written instrument that contains a verified, full, and detailed inventory of all estate property that has come into the representative's possession or of which the representative has knowledge. The inventory must:
(1) include:
(A) all estate real property located in this state; and
(B) all estate personal property regardless of where the property is located; and
(2) state whether the decedent was married at the time of the decedent's death, and if the decedent was married at the time of the decedent's death, specify which portion of the property, if any, is separate property and which, if any, is community property.
(b) The personal representative shall:
(1) set out in the inventory the representative's appraisement of the fair market value on the date of the decedent's death of each item in the inventory; or
(2) if the court has appointed one or more appraisers for the estate:
(A) determine the fair market value of each item in the inventory with the assistance of the appraiser or appraisers; and
(B) set out that appraisement in the inventory.
(c) The court for good cause shown may require the personal representative to file the inventory and appraisement within a shorter period than the period prescribed by Subsection (a).
(d) The inventory, when approved by the court and filed with the court clerk, is for all purposes the inventory and appraisement of the estate referred to in this title.
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 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 91 (S.B. 1303), Sec. 8.014, eff. January 1, 2014.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1338 (S.B. 1198), Sec. 2.40, eff. January 1, 2014.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1136 (H.B. 2912), Sec. 40, eff. January 1, 2014.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 438 (H.B. 3421), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2025.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 831 (S.B. 1448), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2025.
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Estates Code
- Tex. Est. Code § 309.052LIST OF CLAIMS.Printed as Section 309.051
- Tex. Est. Code § 309.056AFFIDAVIT IN LIEU OF INVENTORY, APPRAISEMENT, AND LIST OF CLAIMS.Printed as Section 309.051 | Section 309.051(a) | Sections 309.051 and 309.052
- Tex. Est. Code § 309.057PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO TIMELY FILE INVENTORY, APPRAISEMENT, AND LIST OF CLAIMS OR AFFIDAVIT IN LIEU OF.Printed as Section 309.051
- Tex. Est. Code § 361.155SUCCESSOR REPRESENTATIVE TO RETURN INVENTORY, APPRAISEMENT, AND LIST OF CLAIMS OR AFFIDAVIT IN LIEU OF INVENTORY, APPRAISEMENT, AND LIST OF CLAIMS.Printed as Sections 309.051 and 309.052
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