Sec. 101.001. PASSAGE OF ESTATE ON DECEDENT'S DEATH. (a) Subject to Section 101.051, if a person dies leaving a lawful will:
(1) all of the person's estate that is devised by the will vests immediately in the devisees;
(2) all powers of appointment granted in the will vest immediately in the donees of those powers; and
(3) all of the person's estate that is not devised by the will vests immediately in the person's heirs at law.
(b) Subject to Section 101.051, the estate of a person who dies intestate vests immediately in the person's heirs at law.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680, Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 2 - Estates of Decedents; Durable Powers of Attorney
Subtitle C - Passage of Title and Distribution of Decedents' Property in General
Chapter 101 - Estate Assets in General
Subchapter A. Passage and Possession of Decedent's Estate on Death
Section 101.001. Passage of Estate on Decedent's Death
Section 101.002. Effect of Joint Ownership of Property
Section 101.003. Possession of Estate by Personal Representative