Tex. Estates Code § 354.057
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 354.057, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 354.057. CREDITORS ENTITLED TO SUE ON BOND.
Official statutory text
A creditor of an estate withdrawn from administration under Section 354.053 whose debt or claim against the estate is unpaid and not barred by limitation is entitled to:
(1) commence a suit in the person's own name on the bond under Section 354.052; and
(2) obtain a judgment on the bond for the debt or claim the creditor establishes against the estate.
(1) commence a suit in the person's own name on the bond under Section 354.052; and
(2) obtain a judgment on the bond for the debt or claim the creditor establishes against the estate.
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