Texas Estates Code
§ 455.006 — PUBLIC PROBATE ADMINISTRATOR'S INITIATION OF ADMINISTRATION
ES § 455.006Title 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY · Part J. ADDITIONAL MATTERS RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF CERTAIN ESTATES · Ch. 455. PUBLIC PROBATE ADMINISTRATOR
Statute text
View on source(a)The public probate administrator shall investigate a decedent's estate and circumstances to determine if the opening of an administration is necessary if the public probate administrator has reasonable cause to believe that the decedent found in the county or believed to be domiciled in the county in which the administrator is appointed does not have a personal representative appointed for the decedent's estate.
(b)The public probate administrator shall secure a decedent's estate or resolve any other circumstances related to a decedent, if, after the investigation, the public probate administrator determines that:
(1)the decedent has an estate that may be subject to loss, injury, waste, or misappropriation; or
(2)there are other circumstances relating to the decedent that require action by the public probate administrator.
(c)To establish reasonable cause under Subsection (a), the public probate administrator may require an information letter about the decedent that contains the following:
(1)the name, address, date of birth, and county of residence of the decedent;
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 671 (H.B. 1755), Sec. 2, eff. January 1, 2014.