Tex. Est. Code § 355.003 · Subchapter A. PRESENTMENT OF CLAIMS AGAINST ESTATES IN GENERAL
INCLUSION OF ATTORNEY'S FEES IN CLAIM.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
If the instrument evidencing or supporting a claim provides for attorney's fees, the claimant may include as a part of the claim the portion of attorney's fees the claimant has paid or contracted to pay to an attorney to prepare, present, and collect the claim.
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.355.htm
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- sha256 cf31c72c0c356d05efd95b9f0776690bde3033fa7cbd6578db9acaa366d035c9
- 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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