Texas Estates Code

§ 355.062 — CERTAIN ACTIONS ON CLAIMS WITH LOST OR DESTROYED EVIDENCE VOID

ES § 355.062Title 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY · Part H. CONTINUATION OF ADMINISTRATION · Ch. 355. PRESENTMENT AND PAYMENT OF CLAIMS · Art. B. ACTION ON CLAIMS

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(a)Before a claim the evidence for which is lost or destroyed is approved, the claim must be proved by disinterested testimony taken in open court or by oral or written deposition.

(b)The allowance or approval of a claim the evidence for which is lost or destroyed is void if the claim is:

(1)allowed or approved without the affidavit under Section 355.006; or

(2)approved without satisfactory proof.

Legislative history

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