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 Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014)
 ESTATES CODE
 Title 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY
 Subtitle G. INITIAL APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND OPENING OF ADMINISTRATION
 Chapter 301. APPLICATION FOR LETTERS TESTAMENTARY OR OF ADMINISTRATION  
 Subchapter B. APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS  

Sec. 301.051. ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS FOR LETTERS    

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  • An executor named in a will or an interested person may file an application with the court for:

    (1) the appointment of the executor named in the will; or

    (2) the appointment of an administrator, if:

    (A) there is a will, but:

    (i) no executor is named in the will; or

    (ii) the executor named in the will is disqualified, refuses to serve, is dead, or resigns; or

    (B) there is no will.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 , Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.