Sec. 217. FAILURE TO GIVE BOND

Should the executor fail to give such bond within ten days after the order requiring him to do so, then if the judge does not extend the time, he shall, without citation, remove such executor and appoint some competent person in his stead who shall administer the estate according to the provisions of such will or the law, and who, before he enters upon the administration of said estate, shall take the oath required of an administrator with the will annexed, and shall give bond in the same manner and in the same amount provided in this Code for the issuance of original letters of administration.

Acts 1955, 54th Leg., p. 88, ch. 55, eff. Jan. 1, 1956. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 957, Sec. 34, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.