Tex. Est. Code § 53.052 · Subchapter B. COSTS AND SECURITY
SECURITY FOR CERTAIN COSTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The clerk may require a person who files an application, complaint, or opposition relating to an estate, other than the personal representative of the estate, to provide security for the probable costs of the proceeding before filing the application, complaint, or opposition.
(b) At any time before the trial of an application, complaint, or opposition described by Subsection (a), anyone interested in the estate or an officer of the court may, by written motion, obtain from the court an order requiring the person who filed the application, complaint, or opposition to provide security for the probable costs of the proceeding. The rules governing civil suits in the county court with respect to giving security for the probable costs of a proceeding control in cases described by Subsection (a) and this subsection.
(c) An executor or administrator appointed by a court of this state may not be required to provide security for costs in an action brought by the executor or administrator in the executor's or administrator's fiduciary capacity.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680, 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.53.htm
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Cited by 2 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Est. Code § 53.052. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Human Resources Code
- Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 40.062EXEMPTION FROM CERTAIN COSTS AND FEES.Printed as Section 53.051, 53.052, 1053.051, or 1053.052, Estates Code
- Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 161.107EXEMPTION FROM GUARDIANSHIP BONDS, CERTAIN COSTS, FEES, AND EXPENSES.Printed as Section 53.051, 53.052, 1053.051, or 1053.052, Estates Code
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