Sec. 356.558.  DELIVERY OF DEED.  (a)  After the court has approved a sale and the purchaser has complied with the terms of the sale, the personal representative of the estate shall promptly execute and deliver to the purchaser a proper deed conveying the property.
(b)  If the sale is made partly on credit:
(1)  the vendor's lien securing one or more purchase money notes must be expressly retained in the deed and may not be waived; and
(2)  before actual delivery of the deed to the purchaser, the purchaser shall execute and deliver to the personal representative of the estate one or more vendor's lien notes, with or without personal sureties as ordered by the court, and a deed of trust or mortgage on the property as additional security for the payment of the notes.
(c)  On completion of the transaction, the personal representative of the estate shall promptly file or cause to be filed and recorded the deed of trust or mortgage in the appropriate records in the county in which the land is located.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.
Amended by: 
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1141 (H.B. 2782), Sec. 39, eff. September 1, 2019.