Tex. Estates Code § 1054.202
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 1054.202, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 1054.202. CERTIFICATE EXPIRATION.
Official statutory text
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a certificate issued under this subchapter expires on the second anniversary of the date the certificate is issued.
(b) A new certificate obtained by a person to whom a certificate under this subchapter was previously issued expires on the fourth anniversary of the date the new certificate is issued if the person has been certified each of the four years immediately preceding the date the new certificate is issued.
(b) A new certificate obtained by a person to whom a certificate under this subchapter was previously issued expires on the fourth anniversary of the date the new certificate is issued if the person has been certified each of the four years immediately preceding the date the new certificate is issued.
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