Tex. Estates Code § 357.052
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 357.052, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 357.052. COURT ACTION ON REPORT.
Official statutory text
(a) At any time after the fifth day after the date the report of renting is filed, the court shall:
(1) examine the report; and
(2) by order approve and confirm the report if found just and reasonable.
(b) If the court disapproves the report, the estate is not bound and the court may order another offering for rent of the property that is the subject of the report, in the same manner and subject to the provisions of this chapter.
(c) If the court approves the report and it later appears that, by reason of any fault of the personal representative, the property was not rented for the property's reasonable value, the court shall have the representative and the sureties on the representative's bond appear and show cause why the reasonable value of the rent of the property should not be adjudged against the representative.
(1) examine the report; and
(2) by order approve and confirm the report if found just and reasonable.
(b) If the court disapproves the report, the estate is not bound and the court may order another offering for rent of the property that is the subject of the report, in the same manner and subject to the provisions of this chapter.
(c) If the court approves the report and it later appears that, by reason of any fault of the personal representative, the property was not rented for the property's reasonable value, the court shall have the representative and the sureties on the representative's bond appear and show cause why the reasonable value of the rent of the property should not be adjudged against the representative.
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