Tex. Estates Code § 308.051
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 308.051, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 308.051. REQUIRED NOTICE REGARDING PRESENTMENT OF CLAIMS IN GENERAL.
Official statutory text
(a) Within one month after receiving letters testamentary or of administration, a personal representative of an estate shall provide notice requiring each person who has a claim against the estate to present the claim within the period prescribed by law by:
(1) having the notice published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the letters were issued; and
(2) if the decedent remitted or should have remitted taxes administered by the comptroller, sending the notice to the comptroller by a qualified delivery method.
(b) Notice provided under Subsection (a) must include:
(1) the date the letters testamentary or of administration were issued to the personal representative;
(2) the address to which a claim may be presented; and
(3) an instruction of the representative's choice that the claim be addressed in care of:
(A) the representative;
(B) the representative's attorney; or
(C) "Representative, Estate of __________" (naming the estate).
(c) If there is no newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the letters testamentary or of administration were issued, the notice must be posted and the return made and filed as otherwise required by this title.
(1) having the notice published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the letters were issued; and
(2) if the decedent remitted or should have remitted taxes administered by the comptroller, sending the notice to the comptroller by a qualified delivery method.
(b) Notice provided under Subsection (a) must include:
(1) the date the letters testamentary or of administration were issued to the personal representative;
(2) the address to which a claim may be presented; and
(3) an instruction of the representative's choice that the claim be addressed in care of:
(A) the representative;
(B) the representative's attorney; or
(C) "Representative, Estate of __________" (naming the estate).
(c) If there is no newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the letters testamentary or of administration were issued, the notice must be posted and the return made and filed as otherwise required by this title.
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