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2025 Texas Statutes
Estates Code
Title 2 - Estates of Decedents; Durable Powers of Attorney
Subtitle H - Continuation of Administration
Chapter 357 - Renting Estate Property
Subchapter A. Rental and Return of Estate Property
Section 357.004. Condition of Returned Estate Property

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TX Est Code § 357.004 (2025)
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Sec. 357.004. CONDITION OF RETURNED ESTATE PROPERTY. (a) Estate property that is rented, with or without a court order, must be returned to the estate's possession in as good a condition, except for reasonable wear and tear, as when the property was rented.

(b) The personal representative of an estate shall:

(1) ensure that rented estate property is returned in the condition required by Subsection (a);

(2) report to the court any damage to, or loss or destruction of, the property; and

(3) ask the court for the authority to take any necessary action.

(c) A personal representative who fails to act as required by this section and the sureties on the representative's bond are liable to the estate for any loss or damage suffered as a result of the representative's failure.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.

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