Tex. Estates Code § 1160.052
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 1160.052, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 1160.052. LEASE APPLICATION.
Official statutory text
(a) The guardian of the estate shall file with the court a written application for authority to lease estate property for mineral exploration and development, with or without a pooling provision or unitization clause.
(b) The lease application must:
(1) describe the property fully enough by reference to the amount of acreage, the survey name or number, or the abstract number, or by another method that adequately identifies the property and the property's location in the county in which the property is located;
(2) specify the interest thought to be owned by the estate, if less than the whole, but request authority to include all of the interest owned by the estate if that is the intention; and
(3) set out the reasons the estate property described in the application should be leased.
(c) The lease application is not required to set out or suggest:
(1) the name of any proposed lessee; or
(2) the terms, provisions, or form of any desired lease.
(b) The lease application must:
(1) describe the property fully enough by reference to the amount of acreage, the survey name or number, or the abstract number, or by another method that adequately identifies the property and the property's location in the county in which the property is located;
(2) specify the interest thought to be owned by the estate, if less than the whole, but request authority to include all of the interest owned by the estate if that is the intention; and
(3) set out the reasons the estate property described in the application should be leased.
(c) The lease application is not required to set out or suggest:
(1) the name of any proposed lessee; or
(2) the terms, provisions, or form of any desired lease.
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