Tex. Estates Code § 405.009
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 405.009, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 405.009. CLOSING INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION ON APPLICATION BY DISTRIBUTEE.
Official statutory text
(a) At any time after an estate has been fully administered and there is no further need for an independent administration of the estate, any distributee may file an application to close the administration; and, after citation on the independent administrator or other independent executor, as applicable, and on hearing, the court may enter an order:
(1) requiring the independent executor to file a closing report meeting the requirements of Section 405.005;
(2) closing the administration;
(3) terminating the power of the personal representative to act as independent executor or administrator, as applicable, and canceling the letters issued to the personal representative; and
(4) releasing the sureties on any bond the independent executor, including the independent administrator, was required to give from all liability for the future acts of the principal.
(b) The order of the court closing the independent administration shall constitute sufficient legal authority to all persons owing any money, having custody of any property, or acting as registrar or transfer agent or trustee of any evidence of interest, indebtedness, property, or right that belongs to the estate, for payment or transfer without additional administration to the distributees described in the will as entitled to receive the particular asset or who as heirs at law are entitled to receive the asset. The distributees described in the will as entitled to receive the particular asset or the heirs at law entitled to receive the asset may enforce their right to the payment or transfer by suit.
(1) requiring the independent executor to file a closing report meeting the requirements of Section 405.005;
(2) closing the administration;
(3) terminating the power of the personal representative to act as independent executor or administrator, as applicable, and canceling the letters issued to the personal representative; and
(4) releasing the sureties on any bond the independent executor, including the independent administrator, was required to give from all liability for the future acts of the principal.
(b) The order of the court closing the independent administration shall constitute sufficient legal authority to all persons owing any money, having custody of any property, or acting as registrar or transfer agent or trustee of any evidence of interest, indebtedness, property, or right that belongs to the estate, for payment or transfer without additional administration to the distributees described in the will as entitled to receive the particular asset or who as heirs at law are entitled to receive the asset. The distributees described in the will as entitled to receive the particular asset or the heirs at law entitled to receive the asset may enforce their right to the payment or transfer by suit.
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