Sec. 181. ORDERS GRANTING LETTERS TESTAMENTARY OR OF ADMINISTRATION    


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  • When letters testamentary or of administration are granted, the court shall make an order to that effect, which shall specify:

    (a) The name of the testator or intestate; and

    (b) The name of the person to whom the grant of letters is made; and

    (c) If bond is required, the amount thereof; and

    (d) If any interested person shall apply to the court for the appointment of an appraiser or appraisers, or if the court deems an appraisal necessary, the name of not less than one nor more than three disinterested persons appointed to appraise the estate and return such appraisement to the court; and

    (e) That the clerk shall issue letters in accordance with said order when the person to whom said letters are granted shall have qualified according to law.

Acts 1955, 54th Leg., p. 88, ch. 55, eff. Jan. 1, 1956. Amended by Acts 1967, 60th Leg., p. 1815, ch. 697, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1967; Acts 1969, 61st Leg., p. 1922, ch. 641, Sec. 10, eff. June 12, 1969.