Tex. Estates Code § 112.204
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 112.204, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 112.204. THIRD-PARTY PURCHASER WITHOUT NOTICE OF AGREEMENT.
Official statutory text
(a) This section applies only to a person or entity who for value purchases property:
(1) from a person claiming from a deceased spouse more than six months after the date of the deceased spouse's death or from the personal representative of the deceased spouse's estate; and
(2) without notice of the existence of an agreement creating a right of survivorship in the property in the surviving spouse.
(b) A purchaser of property from a person claiming from the deceased spouse has good title to the interest in the property that the person would have had in the absence of the agreement described by Subsection (a)(2), as against the claims of the surviving spouse or any person claiming from the surviving spouse.
(c) A purchaser of property from the personal representative of the deceased spouse's estate has good title to the interest in the property that the personal representative would have had authority to convey in the absence of the agreement described by Subsection (a)(2), as against the claims of the surviving spouse or any person claiming from the surviving spouse.
(1) from a person claiming from a deceased spouse more than six months after the date of the deceased spouse's death or from the personal representative of the deceased spouse's estate; and
(2) without notice of the existence of an agreement creating a right of survivorship in the property in the surviving spouse.
(b) A purchaser of property from a person claiming from the deceased spouse has good title to the interest in the property that the person would have had in the absence of the agreement described by Subsection (a)(2), as against the claims of the surviving spouse or any person claiming from the surviving spouse.
(c) A purchaser of property from the personal representative of the deceased spouse's estate has good title to the interest in the property that the personal representative would have had authority to convey in the absence of the agreement described by Subsection (a)(2), as against the claims of the surviving spouse or any person claiming from the surviving spouse.
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