Tex. Estates Code § 351.251
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 351.251, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 351.251. MORTGAGE OR PLEDGE OF ESTATE PROPERTY AUTHORIZED IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.
Official statutory text
Under order of the court, a personal representative of an estate may mortgage or pledge by deed of trust or otherwise as security for an indebtedness any property of the estate as necessary for:
(1) the payment of any ad valorem, income, gift, estate, inheritance, or transfer taxes on the transfer of an estate or due from a decedent or the estate, regardless of whether those taxes are assessed by a state, a political subdivision of a state, the federal government, or a foreign country;
(2) the payment of expenses of administration, including amounts necessary for operation of a business, farm, or ranch owned by the estate;
(3) the payment of claims allowed and approved, or established by suit, against the estate; or
(4) the renewal and extension of an existing lien.
(1) the payment of any ad valorem, income, gift, estate, inheritance, or transfer taxes on the transfer of an estate or due from a decedent or the estate, regardless of whether those taxes are assessed by a state, a political subdivision of a state, the federal government, or a foreign country;
(2) the payment of expenses of administration, including amounts necessary for operation of a business, farm, or ranch owned by the estate;
(3) the payment of claims allowed and approved, or established by suit, against the estate; or
(4) the renewal and extension of an existing lien.
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