Sec. 248. APPOINTMENT OF APPRAISERS    


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  • At any time after the grant of letters testamentary or of administration, the court for good cause on its own motion or on the motion of an interested party shall appoint not less than one nor more than three disinterested persons, citizens of the county in which letters were granted, to appraise the property of the estate. In such event and when part of the estate is situated in a county other than the county in which letters were granted, if the court shall deem necessary it may appoint not less than one nor more than three disinterested persons, citizens of the county where such part of the estate is situated, to appraise the property of the estate situated therein.

Acts 1955, 54th Leg., p. 88, ch. 55, eff. Jan. 1, 1956. Amended by Acts 1967, 60th Leg., p. 1815, ch. 697, Sec. 2, eff. Aug. 28, 1967; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 957, Sec. 44, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 765 , Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2005.