Tex. Estates Code § 455.002
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 455.002, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 455.002. BOND OF PUBLIC PROBATE ADMINISTRATOR.
Official statutory text
(a) The public probate administrator must execute an official bond of at least $100,000 conditioned as required by law and payable to the statutory probate court judge who appointed the public probate administrator.
(b) In addition to the official bond of office, at any time, for good cause, the statutory probate court judge who appointed the public probate administrator may require the administrator to post an additional corporate surety bond for individual estates. The additional bonds shall bear the written approval of the judge requesting the additional bond.
(c) The county may choose to self-insure the public probate administrator for the minimum bond amount required by this section.
(b) In addition to the official bond of office, at any time, for good cause, the statutory probate court judge who appointed the public probate administrator may require the administrator to post an additional corporate surety bond for individual estates. The additional bonds shall bear the written approval of the judge requesting the additional bond.
(c) The county may choose to self-insure the public probate administrator for the minimum bond amount required by this section.
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