Tex. Est. Code § 454.002 · Subchapter A. ESTATES OF PERSONS PRESUMED DEAD
GRANT OF LETTERS ON PROOF OF DEATH.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
On application for the grant of letters testamentary or of administration for the estate of a person presumed to be dead, the court shall grant the letters if the death of the person is proved by circumstantial evidence to the court's satisfaction.
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.
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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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Cited by 4 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Est. Code § 454.002. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Estates Code
- Tex. Est. Code § 454.003CITATION AND SEARCH.Printed as Section 454.002
- Tex. Est. Code § 454.004DISTRIBUTION OF ESTATE.Printed as Section 454.002
- Tex. Est. Code § 454.051RESTORATION OF ESTATE.Printed as Section 454.002
- Tex. Est. Code § 454.052LIABILITY OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND OTHERS ACTING UNDER COURT ORDER; BONDS NOT VOIDED.Printed as Section 454.002
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