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2025 Texas Statutes
Estates Code
Title 2 - Estates of Decedents; Durable Powers of Attorney
Subtitle G - Initial Appointment of Personal Representative and Opening of Administration
Chapter 306 - Granting and Issuance of Letters
Section 306.005. Form and Content of Letters
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TX Est Code § 306.005 (2025)
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Sec. 306.005. FORM AND CONTENT OF LETTERS. Letters testamentary or of administration shall be in the form of a certificate of the clerk of the court granting the letters, attested by the court's seal, that states:
(1) the executor or administrator, as applicable, has qualified as executor or administrator in the manner required by law;
(2) the date of the qualification; and
(3) the name of the decedent.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.
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