Tex. Estates Code § 360.152
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 360.152, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 360.152. WRIT OF PARTITION.
Official statutory text
(a) When commissioners are appointed under Section 360.151, the clerk shall issue a writ of partition directed to the commissioners, commanding the commissioners to:
(1) proceed promptly to make the partition and distribution in accordance with the court decree; and
(2) return the writ, with the commissioners' proceedings under the writ, on a date stated in the writ.
(b) A copy of the court decree must accompany the writ.
(c) The writ must be served by:
(1) delivering the writ and the accompanying copy of the court decree to one of the commissioners; and
(2) notifying the other commissioners, verbally or otherwise, of the commissioners' appointment.
(d) Service under Subsection (c) may be made by any person.
(1) proceed promptly to make the partition and distribution in accordance with the court decree; and
(2) return the writ, with the commissioners' proceedings under the writ, on a date stated in the writ.
(b) A copy of the court decree must accompany the writ.
(c) The writ must be served by:
(1) delivering the writ and the accompanying copy of the court decree to one of the commissioners; and
(2) notifying the other commissioners, verbally or otherwise, of the commissioners' appointment.
(d) Service under Subsection (c) may be made by any person.
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