Tex. Est. Code § 454.001 · Subchapter A. ESTATES OF PERSONS PRESUMED DEAD
APPLICABILITY; DETERMINATION OF DEATH.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This subchapter applies in a proceeding to probate a person's will or administer a person's estate if there is no direct evidence that the person is dead.
(b) The court has jurisdiction to determine the fact, time, and place of the person's death.
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.454.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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