Tex. Est. Code § 356.251 · Subchapter F. SALE OF REAL PROPERTY: APPLICATION AND ORDER FOR SALE
APPLICATION FOR ORDER OF SALE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
An application may be made to the court for an order to sell estate property if the sale appears necessary or advisable to:
(1) pay:
(A) expenses of administration;
(B) the decedent's funeral expenses;
(C) expenses of the decedent's last illness;
(D) allowances; and
(E) claims against the estate; or
(2) dispose of an interest in estate real property if selling the interest is considered in the estate's best interest.
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.356.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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