Texas Estates Code Title 2, Chapter 551 - Payment Of Certain Estates To State

SUBCHAPTER A PAYMENT OF CERTAIN FUNDS TO STATE

• Texas Section 551.001 - Payment Of Certain Shares Of Estate To State
  (a) The court, by written order, shall require the executor or administrator of an estate to pay to the comptroller as provided by this subchapter...
• Texas Section 551.002 - Payment Of Portion That Is In Money
  The executor or administrator shall pay the portion of the share subject to Section 551.001 that is in money to the comptroller. Added by Acts...
• Texas Section 551.003 - Payment Of Portion That Is Not In Money
  (a) The court's order under Section 551.001 must require the executor or administrator to: (1) sell, on terms determined best by the court, the portion...
• Texas Section 551.004 - Compensation To Executor Or Administrator
  The executor or administrator is entitled to reasonable compensation for services performed under Section 551.003. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B....
• Texas Section 551.005 - Comptroller Indispensable Party
  (a) The comptroller is an indispensable party to a judicial or administrative proceeding concerning the disposition and handling of any share of an estate that...

SUBCHAPTER B RECOVERY OF FUNDS PAID TO STATE

• Texas Section 551.006 - Comptroller's Receipt
  (a) An executor or administrator who pays to the comptroller under this subchapter any funds of the estate represented by the executor or administrator shall:...
• Texas Section 551.051 - Recovery Of Funds
  If funds of an estate have been paid to the comptroller under this chapter, an heir or devisee or an assignee of an heir or...
• Texas Section 551.052 - Action For Recovery
  (a) A person claiming funds under Section 551.051 must bring an action, on or before the fourth anniversary of the date of the order requiring...
• Texas Section 551.053 - Judgment
  (a) If a plaintiff establishes the plaintiff's right to funds claimed under this subchapter, the court shall award a judgment that specifies the amount to...
• Texas Section 551.054 - Payment Of Costs
  The costs of an action brought under this subchapter shall be adjudged against the plaintiff. The plaintiff may be required to secure the costs. Added...

SUBCHAPTER C PENALTIES; ENFORCEMENT

• Texas Section 551.055 - Representation Of Comptroller
  As the comptroller elects and with the approval of the attorney general, the attorney general, the county attorney or criminal district attorney for the county,...
• Texas Section 551.101 - Liability Of Court Clerk; Penalty
  (a) A court clerk who fails to timely comply with Section 551.005(b) is liable for a $100 penalty. (b) The penalty under Subsection (a) shall...
• Texas Section 551.102 - Damages For Failure To Make Payments
  (a) An executor or administrator who fails to pay funds of an estate to the comptroller as required by an order under Section 551.001 on...
• Texas Section 551.103 - Enforcement Of Payment And Damages; Recovery On Bond
  (a) The comptroller may apply in the name of this state to the court that issued an order for the payment of funds of an...

Last modified: September 28, 2016