Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
ESTATES CODE |
Title 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY |
Subtitle L. PAYMENT OF ESTATES INTO TREASURY |
Chapter 551. PAYMENT OF CERTAIN ESTATES TO STATE |
Subchapter A. PAYMENT OF CERTAIN FUNDS TO STATE |
Sec. 551.001. PAYMENT OF CERTAIN SHARES OF ESTATE TO STATE
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(a) The court, by written order, shall require the executor or administrator of an estate to pay to the comptroller as provided by this subchapter the share of that estate of a person entitled to that share who does not demand the share from the executor or administrator within six months after the date of, as applicable:
(1) a court order approving the report of the commissioners of partition made under Section 360.154; or
(2) the settlement of the final account of the executor or administrator.
(b) This section does not apply to the share of an estate to which a resident minor without a guardian is entitled.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 , Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.