Tex. Prop. Code § 26.008 · Chapter 26. USE OF A DECEASED INDIVIDUAL'S NAME, VOICE, SIGNATURE, PHOTOGRAPH, OR LIKENESS
EXERCISE OF OWNERSHIP FOR FIRST YEAR FOLLOWING DEATH OF INDIVIDUAL.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), for the first year following the death of the individual a property right may be exercised, if authorized by law or an appointing court, by the following persons who may be appointed by a court for the benefit of the estate of the deceased individual:
(1) an independent executor;
(2) an executor;
(3) an independent administrator;
(4) a temporary or permanent administrator; or
(5) a temporary or permanent guardian.
(b) For the first year following the death of the individual, an owner of a property right may exercise that right only if the owner registers a valid claim as provided by Section 26.006.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 152, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.26.htm
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