Tex. Estates Code § 101.001
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 101.001, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 101.001. PASSAGE OF ESTATE ON DECEDENT'S DEATH.
Official statutory text
(a) Subject to Section 101.051, if a person dies leaving a lawful will:
(1) all of the person's estate that is devised by the will vests immediately in the devisees;
(2) all powers of appointment granted in the will vest immediately in the donees of those powers; and
(3) all of the person's estate that is not devised by the will vests immediately in the person's heirs at law.
(b) Subject to Section 101.051, the estate of a person who dies intestate vests immediately in the person's heirs at law.
(1) all of the person's estate that is devised by the will vests immediately in the devisees;
(2) all powers of appointment granted in the will vest immediately in the donees of those powers; and
(3) all of the person's estate that is not devised by the will vests immediately in the person's heirs at law.
(b) Subject to Section 101.051, the estate of a person who dies intestate vests immediately in the person's heirs at law.
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