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. 551.005. COMPTROLLER INDISPENSABLE PARTY
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(a) The comptroller is an indispensable party to a judicial or administrative proceeding concerning the disposition and handling of any share of an estate that is or may be payable to the comptroller under Section 551.001.
(b) The clerk of a court that orders an executor or administrator to pay funds to the comptroller under Section 551.001 shall serve on the comptroller, by personal service of citation, a certified copy of the court order not later than the fifth day after the date the order is issued.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 , Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.