Texas Estates Code

§ 351.052 — EXERCISE OF AUTHORITY WITHOUT COURT ORDER

ES § 351.052Title 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY · Part H. CONTINUATION OF ADMINISTRATION · Ch. 351. POWERS AND DUTIES OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES IN GENERAL · Art. B. GENERAL AUTHORITY OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES

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(a)A personal representative of an estate may, without application to or order of the court:

(1)release a lien on payment at maturity of the debt secured by the lien;

(2)vote stocks by limited or general proxy;

(3)pay calls and assessments;

(4)insure the estate against liability in appropriate cases;

(5)insure estate property against fire, theft, and other hazards; or

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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.