Tex. Est. Code § 305.251

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 305.251 - Grounds for Requiring New Bond
(a) A personal representative may be required to give a new bond if:
(1) a surety on a bond dies, removes beyond the limits of this state, or becomes insolvent;
(2) in the court's opinion:
(A) the sureties on a bond are insufficient; or
(B) a bond is defective;
(3) the amount of a bond is insufficient;
(4) a surety on a bond petitions the court to be discharged from future liability on the bond; or
(5) a bond and the record of the bond have been lost or destroyed.
(b) Any person interested in the estate may have the personal representative cited to appear and show cause why the representative should not be required to give a new bond by filing a written application with the county clerk of the county in which the probate proceedings are pending. The application must allege that:
(1) the bond is insufficient or defective; or
(2) the bond and the record of the bond have been lost or destroyed.

Tex. Estates § 305.251

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680, Sec. 1, eff. 1/1/2014.
Amended By Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 91, Sec. 8.013, eff. 1/1/2014.