Tex. Est. Code § 362.051 · Subchapter B. FAILURE OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE TO ACT
FAILURE TO PRESENT ACCOUNT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The court, on the court's own motion or on the written complaint of anyone interested in a decedent's estate that has been administered, shall have the personal representative who is charged with the duty of presenting an account for final settlement cited to appear and present the account within the time specified in the citation if the representative failed or neglected to present the account at the proper time.
(b) On or after the fourth anniversary of the date the court clerk last issues letters testamentary or of administration for a decedent's estate, the court may close the estate without an account for final settlement and without appointing a successor personal representative if:
(1) the whereabouts of the personal representative and heirs of the decedent are unknown; and
(2) a complaint has not been filed by anyone interested in the decedent's 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
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.362.htm
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