Texas Estates Code 351.102 – Possession of Personal Property and Records
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(a) Immediately after receiving letters testamentary or of administration, the personal representative of an estate shall collect and take possession of the estate’s personal property, record books, title papers, and other business papers.
(b) The personal representative shall deliver the property, books, and papers described by Subsection (a) that are in the representative’s possession to the person or persons legally entitled to the property, books, and papers when:
(1) the administration of the estate is closed; or
(2) a successor personal representative receives letters testamentary or of administration.
Terms Used In Texas Estates Code 351.102
- Estate: means a decedent's property, as that property:
(1) exists originally and as the property changes in form by sale, reinvestment, or otherwise;
(2) is augmented by any accretions and other additions to the property, including any property to be distributed to the decedent's representative by the trustee of a trust that terminates on the decedent's death, and substitutions for the property; and
(3) is diminished by any decreases in or distributions from the property. See Texas Estates Code 22.012 - Person: includes a natural person and a corporation. See Texas Estates Code 22.027
- personal representative: include :
(1) an executor and independent executor;
(2) an administrator, independent administrator, and temporary administrator; and
(3) a successor to an executor or administrator listed in Subdivision (1) or (2). See Texas Estates Code 22.031 - Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005