Sec. 452.006. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT. (a) On the date the county clerk issues letters of temporary administration:
(1) the county clerk shall post on the courthouse door a notice of the appointment to all interested persons; and
(2) the appointee shall notify, by certified mail, return receipt requested, the decedent's known heirs of the appointment.
(b) A notice required under Subsection (a) must state that:
(1) an heir or other interested person may request a hearing to contest the appointment not later than the 15th day after the date the letters of temporary administration are issued;
(2) if no contest is made during the period specified by the notice, the appointment continues for the period specified in the order appointing a temporary administrator; and
(3) the court may make the appointment permanent.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.
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