SUBCHAPTER C.  GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO BONDS

Sec. 305.101.  BOND GENERALLY REQUIRED; EXCEPTIONS.  (a)  Except as otherwise provided by this title, a person to whom letters testamentary or of administration will be issued must enter into a bond before issuance of the letters.
(b)  Letters testamentary shall be issued without the requirement of a bond to a person named as executor in a will probated in a court of this state if:
(1)  the will directs that no bond or security be required of the person; and
(2)  the court finds that the person is qualified.
(c)  A bond is not required if a personal representative is a corporate fiduciary.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.