An application may be made to the court for an order to sell estate property if the sale appears necessary or advisable to:
(1) pay:
(A) expenses of administration;
(B) the decedent's funeral expenses;
(C) expenses of the decedent's last illness;
(D) allowances; and
(E) claims against the estate; or
(2) dispose of an interest in estate real property if selling the interest is considered in the estate's best interest.
Official text of the Texas Estates Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.