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  • Texas Probate Code Section 481 - Short Title
    This chapter may be cited as the Durable Power of Attorney Act. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 49, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, ...
  • Texas Probate Code Section 482 - Definition
    A "durable power of attorney" means a written instrument that: (1) designates another person as attorney in fact or agent; (2) is signed by an ...
  • Texas Probate Code Section 483 - Duration
    A durable power of attorney does not lapse because of the passage of time unless the instrument creating the power of attorney specifically states a ...
  • Texas Probate Code Section 484 - Effect Of Acts By Attorney In Fact Or Agent During Incapacity Of Principal
    All acts done by an attorney in fact or agent pursuant to a durable power of attorney during any period of disability or incapacity of ...
  • Texas Probate Code Section 485 - Relation Of Attorney In Fact Or Agent To Court-Appointed Guardian Of Estate
    (a) If, after execution of a durable power of attorney, a court of the principal's domicile appoints a permanent guardian of the estate of the ...
  • Texas Probate Code Section 485A - Effect Of Principal's Divorce Or Marriage Annulment If Former Spouse Is Attorney In Fact Or Agent
    If, after execution of a durable power of attorney, the principal is divorced from a person who has been appointed the principal's attorney in fact ...
  • Texas Probate Code Section 486 - Knowledge Of Death, Guardian Of Estate, Revocation, Divorce, Or Marriage Annulment; Good-Faith Acts
    (a) The revocation by, the death of, or the qualification of a guardian of the estate of a principal who has executed a durable power ...
  • Texas Probate Code Section 487 - Affidavit Of Lack Of Knowledge Or Termination Of Power; Recording; Good-Faith Reliance
    (a) As to acts undertaken in good-faith reliance on the durable power of attorney, an affidavit executed by the attorney in fact or agent under ...
  • Texas Probate Code Section 487A - Effect Of Bankruptcy Proceeding
    After execution of a durable power of attorney, the filing of a voluntary or involuntary petition in bankruptcy in connection with the principal's debts does ...
  • Texas Probate Code Section 488 - Revocation Of Durable Power Of Attorney
    Unless otherwise provided by the durable power of attorney, a revocation of a durable power of attorney is not effective as to a third party ...
  • Texas Probate Code Section 489 - Recording Durable Power Of Attorney For Real Property Transactions
    A durable power of attorney for a real property transaction requiring the execution and delivery of an instrument that is to be recorded, including a ...
  • Texas Probate Code Section 489B - Duty To Inform And Account
    (a) The attorney in fact or agent is a fiduciary and has a duty to inform and to account for actions taken pursuant to the ...
  • Texas Probate Code Section 490 - Statutory Durable Power Of Attorney
    (a) The following form is known as a "statutory durable power of attorney." A person may use a statutory durable power of attorney to grant ...
  • Texas Probate Code Section 491 - Construction Of Powers Generally
    The principal, by executing a statutory durable power of attorney that confers authority with respect to any class of transactions, empowers the attorney in fact ...
  • Texas Probate Code Section 492 - Construction Of Power Relating To Real Property Transactions
    In a statutory durable power of attorney, the language conferring authority with respect to real property transactions empowers the attorney in fact or agent without ...
  • Texas Probate Code Section 493 - Construction Of Power Relating To Tangible Personal Property Transactions
    In a statutory durable power of attorney, the language conferring general authority with respect to tangible personal property transactions empowers the attorney in fact or ...
  • Texas Probate Code Section 494 - Construction Of Power Relating To Stock And Bond Transactions
    In a statutory durable power of attorney, the language conferring authority with respect to stock and bond transactions empowers the attorney in fact or agent ...
  • Texas Probate Code Section 495 - Construction Of Power Relating To Commodity And Option Transactions
    In a statutory durable power of attorney, the language conferring authority with respect to commodity and option transactions empowers the attorney in fact or agent ...
  • Texas Probate Code Section 496 - Construction Of Power Relating To Banking And Other Financial Institution Transactions
    In a statutory durable power of attorney, the language conferring authority with respect to banking and other financial institution transactions empowers the attorney in fact ...
  • Texas Probate Code Section 497 - Construction Of Power Relating To Business Operation Transactions
    In a statutory durable power of attorney, the language conferring authority with respect to business operating transactions empowers the attorney in fact or agent to: ...
  • Texas Probate Code Section 498 - Construction Of Power Relating To Insurance Transactions
    In a statutory durable power of attorney, the language conferring authority with respect to insurance and annuity transactions empowers the attorney in fact or agent ...
  • Texas Probate Code Section 499 - Construction Of Power Relating To Estate, Trust, And Other Beneficiary Transactions
    In a statutory durable power of attorney, the language conferring authority with respect to estate, trust, and other beneficiary transactions empowers the attorney in fact ...
  • Texas Probate Code Section 500 - Construction Of Power Relating To Claims And Litigation
    In a statutory durable power of attorney, the language conferring general authority with respect to claims and litigation empowers the attorney in fact or agent ...
  • Texas Probate Code Section 501 - Construction Of Power Relating To Personal And Family Maintenance
    In a statutory durable power of attorney, the language conferring authority with respect to personal and family maintenance empowers the attorney in fact or agent ...
  • Texas Probate Code Section 502 - Construction Of Power Relating To Benefits From Certain Governmental Programs Or Civil Or Military Service
    In a statutory durable power of attorney, the language conferring authority with respect to benefits from social security, Medicare, Medicaid, or other governmental programs or ...
  • Texas Probate Code Section 503 - Construction Of Power Relating To Retirement Plan Transactions
    (a) In a statutory durable power of attorney, the language conferring authority with respect to retirement plan transactions empowers the attorney in fact or agent ...
  • Texas Probate Code Section 504 - Construction Of Power Relating To Tax Matters
    In a statutory durable power of attorney, the language conferring authority with respect to tax matters empowers the attorney in fact or agent to: (1) ...
  • Texas Probate Code Section 505 - Existing Interest; Foreign Interests
    The powers described in Sections 492 through 504 of this code may be exercised equally with respect to an interest the principal has at the ...
  • Texas Probate Code Section 506 - Uniformity Of Application And Construction
    This chapter shall be applied and construed to effect its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter ...
  • Last modified: August 10, 2007