Texas Statutes
§ 351.151 — ORDINARY DILIGENCE REQUIRED.
Texas·Code ES Estates Code
Sec. 351.151. ORDINARY DILIGENCE REQUIRED.
(a)If there is a reasonable prospect of collecting the claims or recovering the property of an estate, the personal representative of the estate shall use ordinary diligence to:
(1)collect all claims and debts due the estate; and
(2)recover possession of all property to which the estate has claim or title.
(b)If a personal representative wilfully neglects to use the ordinary diligence required under Subsection (a), the representative and the sureties on the representative's bond are liable, on the suit of any person interested in the estate, for the use of the estate, for the amount of those claims or the value of that property lost by the neglect.
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(Court of Appeals of Texas, 2015)
Legislative History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502 ), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.
Nearby Sections
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§ 351.001
APPLICABILITY OF COMMON LAW.§ 351.002
APPEAL BOND.§ 351.054
AUTHORITY TO COMMENCE SUITS.§ 351.101
DUTY OF CARE.§ 351.106
DIGITAL ASSETS.§ 351.151
ORDINARY DILIGENCE REQUIRED.