Texas Estates Code

§ 205.007 — LIABILITY OF CERTAIN PERSONS

ES § 205.007Title 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY · Part E. INTESTATE SUCCESSION · Ch. 205. SMALL ESTATE AFFIDAVIT

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(a)A person making a payment, delivery, transfer, or issuance under an affidavit described by this chapter is released to the same extent as if made to a personal representative of the decedent. The person may not be required to:

(1)see to the application of the affidavit; or

(2)inquire into the truth of any statement in the affidavit.

(b)The distributees to whom payment, delivery, transfer, or issuance is made are:

(1)answerable for the payment, delivery, transfer, or issuance to any person having a prior right; and

(2)accountable to any personal representative appointed after the payment, delivery, transfer, or issuance.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.