Tex. Estates Code § 356.203
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 356.203, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 356.203. ORDER.
Official statutory text
The court may order the lien securing the claim of a creditor who files an application under Section 356.201 to be discharged out of general estate assets or refinanced if the discharge or refinance of the lien appears to the court to be advisable. Otherwise, the court shall grant the application and order that the property securing the lien be sold at public or private sale, as considered best, as in an ordinary sale of real estate.
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