Texas Estates Code

§ 306.002 — GRANTING OF LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION

ES § 306.002Title 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY · Part G. INITIAL APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND OPENING OF ADMINISTRATION · Ch. 306. GRANTING AND

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(a)Subject to Subsection (b), the court hearing an application under Chapter 301 shall grant:

(1)the administration of a decedent's estate if the decedent died intestate; or

(2)the administration of the decedent's estate with the will annexed if the decedent died leaving a will but:

(A)the will does not name an executor; or

(B)the executor named in the will:

(i)is deceased;

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Legislative history

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 576 (H.B. 3160), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2015.