Tex. Estates Code § 451.003
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 451.003, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 451.003. EFFECT OF ORDER.
Official statutory text
(a) An order of no administration issued under Section 451.002(b) constitutes sufficient legal authority to each person who owes money, has custody of property, or acts as registrar or transfer agent of any evidence of interest, indebtedness, property, or right, belonging to the estate, and to each person purchasing from or otherwise dealing with the estate, for payment or transfer without administration to the persons described in the order as entitled to receive the estate.
(b) The persons described in the order are entitled to enforce by suit their right to payment or transfer described by this section.
(b) The persons described in the order are entitled to enforce by suit their right to payment or transfer described by this section.
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