Tex. Est. Code § 351.003 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
CERTAIN COSTS ADJUDGED AGAINST PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
If a personal representative neglects to perform a required duty or is removed for cause, the representative and the sureties on the representative's bond are liable for:
(1) the costs of removal and other additional costs incurred that are not expenditures authorized by this title; and
(2) reasonable attorney's fees incurred in:
(A) removing the representative; or
(B) obtaining compliance regarding any statutory duty the representative has neglected.
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.351.htm
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- 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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