Tex. Est. Code Section 551.001
Payment of Certain Shares of Estate to State


(a)

The court, by written order, shall require the executor or administrator of an estate to pay to the comptroller as provided by this subchapter the share of that estate of a person entitled to that share who does not demand the share, including any portion deposited in an account in the court’s registry under Section 362.011 (Partition and Distribution of Estate; Deposit in Court’s Registry)(c), from the executor or administrator within six months after the date of, as applicable:

(1)

a court order approving the report of the commissioners of partition made under Section 360.154 (Commissioners’ Report); or

(2)

the settlement of the final account of the executor or administrator.

(b)

This section does not apply to the share of an estate to which a resident minor without a guardian is entitled.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1136 (H.B. 2912), Sec. 59, eff. January 1, 2014.

Source: Section 551.001 — Payment of Certain Shares of Estate to State, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.­551.­htm#551.­001 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

Accessed:
Jun. 5, 2024

§ 551.001’s source at texas​.gov