Sec. 33.055. PROTECTION FOR CERTAIN PURCHASERS. Notwithstanding Section 33.052, a bona fide purchaser of real property who relied on a probate proceeding that was not the first commenced proceeding, without knowledge that the proceeding was not the first commenced proceeding, shall be protected with respect to the purchase unless before the purchase an order rendered in the first commenced proceeding admitting the decedent's will to probate, determining the decedent's heirs, or granting administration of the decedent's estate was recorded in the office of the county clerk of the county in which the purchased property is located.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1338 (S.B. 1198), Sec. 2.04, eff. January 1, 2014.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 2 - Estates of Decedents; Durable Powers of Attorney
Subtitle A - Scope, Jurisdiction, Venue, and Courts
Subchapter B. Determination of Venue
Section 33.051. Commencement of Proceeding
Section 33.052. Concurrent Venue
Section 33.053. Probate Proceedings in More Than One County