Tex. Estates Code § 309.151
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 309.151, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 309.151. USE OF INVENTORY, APPRAISEMENT, AND LIST OF CLAIMS AS EVIDENCE.
Official statutory text
Each inventory, appraisement, and list of claims that has been made, filed, and approved in accordance with law, the record of the inventory, appraisement, and list of claims, or a copy of an original or the record that has been certified under the seal of the county court affixed by the clerk:
(1) may be given in evidence in any court of this state in any suit by or against the personal representative; and
(2) is not conclusive for or against the representative if it is shown that:
(A) any property or claim of the estate is not shown in the originals, the record, or the copies; or
(B) the value of the property or claim of the estate exceeded the value shown in the appraisement or list of claims.
(1) may be given in evidence in any court of this state in any suit by or against the personal representative; and
(2) is not conclusive for or against the representative if it is shown that:
(A) any property or claim of the estate is not shown in the originals, the record, or the copies; or
(B) the value of the property or claim of the estate exceeded the value shown in the appraisement or list of claims.
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