Sec. 455.010. GRANT OF ADMINISTRATION. (a) A public probate administrator shall file an application for letters of administration or administration with will annexed as provided by this title:
(1) if gross assets of an estate exceed the maximum amount authorized for a small estate affidavit under Section 205.001;
(2) if the property of the decedent cannot be disposed of using other methods detailed in this chapter; or
(3) at the discretion of the public probate administrator or on order of the statutory probate court judge.
(b) After issuance of letters of administration, the public probate administrator is considered a personal representative under this title and has all of the powers and duties of a personal representative under this title.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 671 (H.B. 1755), Sec. 2, eff. January 1, 2014.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 2 - Estates of Decedents; Durable Powers of Attorney
Subtitle J - Additional Matters Relating to the Administration of Certain Estates
Chapter 455 - Public Probate Administrator
Section 455.002. Bond of Public Probate Administrator
Section 455.003. Funding of Public Probate Administrator's Office
Section 455.004. Powers and Duties
Section 455.005. Informing Public Probate Administrator
Section 455.006. Public Probate Administrator's Initiation of Administration
Section 455.007. Access to Information
Section 455.008. Small Estates
Section 455.009. Small Estate Affidavit
Section 455.010. Grant of Administration
Section 455.011. Withdrawal of Public Probate Administrator and Appointment of Successor