Tex. Estates Code § 405.002
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 405.002, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 405.002. RECEIPTS AND RELEASES FOR DISTRIBUTIONS BY INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR.
Official statutory text
(a) An independent executor may not be required to deliver tangible or intangible personal property to a distributee unless the independent executor receives, at or before the time of delivery of the property, a signed receipt or other proof of delivery of the property to the distributee.
(b) An independent executor may not require a waiver or release from the distributee as a condition of delivery of property to a distributee.
(b) An independent executor may not require a waiver or release from the distributee as a condition of delivery of property to a distributee.
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