Tex. Estates Code § 359.051
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 359.051, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 359.051. FILING AND CONSIDERATION OF ANNUAL ACCOUNT.
Official statutory text
(a) The personal representative of an estate shall file an annual account with the county clerk. The county clerk shall promptly note the filing on the judge's docket.
(b) At any time after the account has remained on file for 10 days following the date the account is filed, the judge shall consider the account and may continue the hearing on the account until fully advised on all account items.
(c) The court may not approve the account unless possession of cash, listed securities, or other assets held in safekeeping or on deposit under court order has been proven as required by law.
(b) At any time after the account has remained on file for 10 days following the date the account is filed, the judge shall consider the account and may continue the hearing on the account until fully advised on all account items.
(c) The court may not approve the account unless possession of cash, listed securities, or other assets held in safekeeping or on deposit under court order has been proven as required by law.
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