Tex. Est. Code § 355.063 · Subchapter B. ACTION ON CLAIMS
CLAIMS NOT ALLOWED AFTER ORDER FOR PARTITION AND DISTRIBUTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
After an order for final partition and distribution of an estate has been made:
(1) a claim for money against the estate may not be allowed by a personal representative;
(2) a suit may not be commenced against the representative on a claim for money against the estate; and
(3) the owner of any claim that is not barred by the laws of limitation has a right of action on the claim against the heirs, devisees, or creditors of the estate, limited to the value of the property received by those heirs, devisees, or creditors in distributions from the estate.
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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- 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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