Tex. Estates Code § 351.052
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 351.052, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 351.052. EXERCISE OF AUTHORITY WITHOUT COURT ORDER.
Official statutory text
(a) A personal representative of an estate may, without application to or order of the court:
(1) release a lien on payment at maturity of the debt secured by the lien;
(2) vote stocks by limited or general proxy;
(3) pay calls and assessments;
(4) insure the estate against liability in appropriate cases;
(5) insure estate property against fire, theft, and other hazards; or
(6) pay taxes, court costs, and bond premiums.
(b) A personal representative who is under court control may apply and obtain a court order if the representative has doubts regarding the propriety of the exercise of any power listed in Subsection (a).
(1) release a lien on payment at maturity of the debt secured by the lien;
(2) vote stocks by limited or general proxy;
(3) pay calls and assessments;
(4) insure the estate against liability in appropriate cases;
(5) insure estate property against fire, theft, and other hazards; or
(6) pay taxes, court costs, and bond premiums.
(b) A personal representative who is under court control may apply and obtain a court order if the representative has doubts regarding the propriety of the exercise of any power listed in Subsection (a).
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