Texas Statutes
Subtitle H - Continuation of Administration
Chapter 351 - Powers and Duties of Personal Representatives in General

Subchapter A. General Provisions

Section 351.001. Applicability of Common Law - Sec. 351.001. APPLICABILITY OF COMMON LAW. The rights, powers, and...

Section 351.002. Appeal Bond - Sec. 351.002. APPEAL BOND. (a) Except as provided by Subsection...

Section 351.003. Certain Costs Adjudged Against Personal Representative - Sec. 351.003. CERTAIN COSTS ADJUDGED AGAINST PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE. If a...

Subchapter B. General Authority of Personal Representatives

Section 351.051. Exercise of Authority Under Court Order - Sec. 351.051. EXERCISE OF AUTHORITY UNDER COURT ORDER. (a) A...

Section 351.052. Exercise of Authority Without Court Order - Sec. 351.052. EXERCISE OF AUTHORITY WITHOUT COURT ORDER. (a) A...

Section 351.053. Authority to Serve Pending Appeal of Appointment - Sec. 351.053. AUTHORITY TO SERVE PENDING APPEAL OF APPOINTMENT. Pending...

Section 351.054. Authority to Commence Suits - Sec. 351.054. AUTHORITY TO COMMENCE SUITS. (a) An executor or...

Subchapter C. Possession and Care of Estate Property

Section 351.101. Duty of Care - Sec. 351.101. DUTY OF CARE. An executor or administrator of...

Section 351.102. Possession of Personal Property and Records - Sec. 351.102. POSSESSION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AND RECORDS. (a) Immediately...

Section 351.103. Possession of Property Held in Common Ownership - Sec. 351.103. POSSESSION OF PROPERTY HELD IN COMMON OWNERSHIP. If...

Section 351.104. Administration of Partnership Interest - Sec. 351.104. ADMINISTRATION OF PARTNERSHIP INTEREST. (a) If a decedent...

Section 351.105. Holding of Stocks, Bonds, and Other Personal Property in Nominee's Name - Sec. 351.105. HOLDING OF STOCKS, BONDS, AND OTHER PERSONAL PROPERTY...

Section 351.106. Digital Assets - Sec. 351.106. DIGITAL ASSETS. A personal representative of a decedent's...

Subchapter D. Collection of Claims; Recovery of Property

Section 351.151. Ordinary Diligence Required - Sec. 351.151. ORDINARY DILIGENCE REQUIRED. (a) If there is a...

Section 351.152. Contingent Interest for Certain Attorney's Fees; Court Approval - Sec. 351.152. CONTINGENT INTEREST FOR CERTAIN ATTORNEY'S FEES; COURT APPROVAL....

Section 351.153. Recovery of Certain Expenses - Sec. 351.153. RECOVERY OF CERTAIN EXPENSES. On proof satisfactory to...

Subchapter E. Operation of Business

Section 351.201. Definition - Sec. 351.201. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "business" includes a farm,...

Section 351.202. Order Requiring Personal Representative to Operate Business - Sec. 351.202. ORDER REQUIRING PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE TO OPERATE BUSINESS. (a)...

Section 351.203. Powers of Personal Representative Regarding Business - Sec. 351.203. POWERS OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE REGARDING BUSINESS. (a) A...

Section 351.204. Fiduciary Duties of Personal Representative Regarding Business - Sec. 351.204. FIDUCIARY DUTIES OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE REGARDING BUSINESS. (a)...

Section 351.205. Real Property of Business; Notice - Sec. 351.205. REAL PROPERTY OF BUSINESS; NOTICE. (a) A personal...

Subchapter F. Authority to Engage in Certain Borrowing

Section 351.251. Mortgage or Pledge of Estate Property Authorized in Certain Circumstances - Sec. 351.251. MORTGAGE OR PLEDGE OF ESTATE PROPERTY AUTHORIZED IN...

Section 351.252. Application; Order - Sec. 351.252. APPLICATION; ORDER. (a) If necessary to borrow money...

Section 351.253. Term of Loan or Lien Extension - Sec. 351.253. TERM OF LOAN OR LIEN EXTENSION. Except as...

Subchapter G. Payment of Income of Certain Estates During Administration

Section 351.301. Applicability of Subchapter - Sec. 351.301. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter applies only to...

Section 351.302. Application and Order for Payment of Certain Estate Income - Sec. 351.302. APPLICATION AND ORDER FOR PAYMENT OF CERTAIN ESTATE...

Section 351.303. Treatment of Certain Amounts Received From Mineral Lease - Sec. 351.303. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN AMOUNTS RECEIVED FROM MINERAL LEASE....

Subchapter H. Certain Administered Estates

Section 351.351. Applicability - Sec. 351.351. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter does not apply to: (1)...

Section 351.352. Ensuring Compliance With Law - Sec. 351.352. ENSURING COMPLIANCE WITH LAW. A county or probate...

Section 351.353. Annual Examination of Certain Estates; Bond of Personal Representative - Sec. 351.353. ANNUAL EXAMINATION OF CERTAIN ESTATES; BOND OF PERSONAL...

Section 351.354. Judge's Liability - Sec. 351.354. JUDGE'S LIABILITY. A judge is liable on the...

Section 351.355. Identifying Information - Sec. 351.355. IDENTIFYING INFORMATION. (a) The court may request an...