Art. 22.09. WHEN SURETY IS DEAD.  If the surety is dead at the time the forfeiture is taken, the forfeiture shall nevertheless be valid.  The final judgment shall not be rendered where a surety has died, either before or after the forfeiture has been taken, unless his executor, administrator or heirs, as the case may be, have been cited to appear and show cause why the judgment should not be made final, in the same manner as provided in the case of the surety.
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., p. 317, ch. 722, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1966.