Tex. Est. Code § 551.001 · Subchapter A. PAYMENT OF CERTAIN FUNDS TO STATE

PAYMENT OF CERTAIN SHARES OF ESTATE TO STATE.

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(a) The court, by written order, shall require the executor or administrator of an estate to pay to the comptroller as provided by this subchapter the share of that estate of a person entitled to that share who does not demand the share, including any portion deposited in an account in the court's registry under Section 362.011(c), from the executor or administrator within six months after the date of, as applicable:

(1) a court order approving the report of the commissioners of partition made under Section 360.154; or

(2) the settlement of the final account of the executor or administrator.

(b) This section does not apply to the share of an estate to which a resident minor without a guardian is entitled.

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.

Amended by:

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1136 (H.B. 2912), Sec. 59, eff. January 1, 2014.

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Edition: Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Official file: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.551.htm
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Tex. Est. Code § 551.001 · Subchapter A. PAYMENT OF CERTAIN FUNDS TO STATE

PAYMENT OF CERTAIN SHARES OF ESTATE TO STATE.

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

(1) a court order approving the report of the commissioners of partition made under Section 360.154; or

(2) the settlement of the final account of the executor or administrator.

(b) This section does not apply to the share of an estate to which a resident minor without a guardian is entitled.

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.

Amended by:

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1136 (H.B. 2912), Sec. 59, 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.551.htm
Text hash: sha256 ce6b8ad2769f873cbf52508d133731455992aa809817edda3e584607d000a1e9
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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