Texas Statutes
§ 56.001 — CHANGE OF RESIDENT AGENT.
Texas § 56.001
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Bluebook
Tex. Estates Code Code Ann. § 56.001 (2026).
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Sec. 56.001. CHANGE OF RESIDENT AGENT.
(a)A personal representative of an estate may change the representative's resident agent to accept service of process in a probate proceeding or other action relating to the estate by filing with the court in which the probate proceeding is pending a statement titled "Designation of Successor Resident Agent" that states the names and addresses of:
(1)the representative;
(2)the resident agent; and
(3)the successor resident agent.
(b)The designation of a successor resident agent takes effect on the date a statement under Subsection (a) is filed with the court.
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Legislative History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 , Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.
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