Texas Estates Code

§ 308.051 — REQUIRED NOTICE REGARDING PRESENTMENT OF CLAIMS IN GENERAL

ES § 308.051Title 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY · Part G. INITIAL APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND OPENING OF ADMINISTRATION · Ch. 308. NOTICE TO BENEFICIARIES AND CLAIMANTS · Art. B. NOTICE TO CLAIMANTS

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(a)Within one month after receiving letters testamentary or of administration, a personal representative of an estate shall provide notice requiring each person who has a claim against the estate to present the claim within the period prescribed by law by:

(1)having the notice published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the letters were issued; and

(2)if the decedent remitted or should have remitted taxes administered by the comptroller, sending the notice to the comptroller by a qualified delivery method.

(b)Notice provided under Subsection (a) must include:

(1)the date the letters testamentary or of administration were issued to the personal representative;

(2)the address to which a claim may be presented; and

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Legislative history

Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 844 (H.B. 2271), Sec. 27, eff. September 1, 2017. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 205 (S.B. 1373), Sec. 29, eff. September 1, 2023.