Tex. Est. Code § 401.008 · Chapter 401. CREATION
PERSON DECLINING TO SERVE.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A person who declines to serve or resigns as independent executor of a decedent's estate may be appointed an executor or administrator of the estate if the estate will be administered and settled under the direction of the court.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1338 (S.B. 1198), Sec. 2.53, 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.401.htm
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- sha256 e0350a58c2da9ee9cae38e9eae9ebe9417e3958847881599f37018984a85110f
- 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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