Tex. Estates Code § 153.003
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 153.003, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 153.003. COURT-ORDERED ACCESS TO INTESTATE'S ACCOUNT INFORMATION.
Official statutory text
(a) In this section, "interested person" means an heir, spouse, creditor, or any other having a property right in or claim against the decedent's estate.
(b) On application of an interested person or on the court's own motion, a court may issue an order requiring a financial institution to release to the person named in the order information concerning the balance of each account that is maintained at the financial institution of a decedent who dies intestate if:
(1) 90 days have elapsed since the date of the decedent's death;
(2) no petition for the appointment of a personal representative for the decedent's estate is pending; and
(3) no letters testamentary or of administration have been granted with respect to the estate.
(b) On application of an interested person or on the court's own motion, a court may issue an order requiring a financial institution to release to the person named in the order information concerning the balance of each account that is maintained at the financial institution of a decedent who dies intestate if:
(1) 90 days have elapsed since the date of the decedent's death;
(2) no petition for the appointment of a personal representative for the decedent's estate is pending; and
(3) no letters testamentary or of administration have been granted with respect to the estate.
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