Tex. Estates Code § 305.003
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 305.003, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 305.003. PERIOD FOR TAKING OATH OR MAKING AND SIGNING DECLARATION.
Official statutory text
An oath may be taken and subscribed or a declaration may be made and signed at any time before:
(1) the 21st day after the date of the order granting letters testamentary or of administration, as applicable; or
(2) the letters testamentary or of administration, as applicable, are revoked for a failure to qualify within the period allowed.
(1) the 21st day after the date of the order granting letters testamentary or of administration, as applicable; or
(2) the letters testamentary or of administration, as applicable, are revoked for a failure to qualify within the period allowed.
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