Texas Estates Code

§ 255.301 — NO RIGHT TO EXONERATION OF DEBTS

ES § 255.301Title 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY · Part F. WILLS · Ch. 255. CONSTRUCTION AND INTERPRETATION OF WILLS · Art. G. EXONERATION OF DEBTS SECURED BY SPECIFIC DEVISES

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Except as provided by Section 255.302, a specific devise passes to the devisee subject to each debt secured by the property that exists on the date of the testator's death, and the devisee is not entitled to exoneration from the testator's estate for payment of the debt.

Legislative history

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