Sec. 153.003.  COURT-ORDERED ACCESS TO INTESTATE'S ACCOUNT INFORMATION.  (a) In this section, "interested person" means an heir, spouse, creditor, or any other having a property right in or claim against the decedent's estate.
(b)  On application of an interested person or on the court's own motion, a court may issue an order requiring a financial institution to release to the person named in the order information concerning the balance of each account that is maintained at the financial institution of a decedent who dies intestate if:
(1)  90 days have elapsed since the date of the decedent's death; 
(2)  no petition for the appointment of a personal representative for the decedent's estate is pending; and
(3)  no letters testamentary or of administration have been granted with respect to the estate. 
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 217 (H.B. 705), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.