Presentment of Claim Prerequisite for Judgment

Presentment and Payment of Claims · Action on Claims

A judgment may not be rendered in favor of a claimant on a claim for money that has not been:

(1) legally presented to the personal representative of an estate; and

(2) wholly or partly rejected by the representative or disapproved by the court.

Official text of the Texas Estates Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.