(a) An application for letters of administration when no will is alleged to exist must state:
(1) the applicant’s name, domicile, and, if any, relationship to the decedent;
(1-a) the last three numbers of:
(A) the applicant’s driver’s license number, if the applicant has been issued one; and
(B) the applicant’s social security number, if the applicant has been issued one;
(2) the decedent’s name and that the decedent died intestate;
(2-a) if known by the applicant at the time the applicant files the application, the last three numbers of the decedent’s driver’s license number and social security number;
(3) the fact, date, and place of the decedent’s death;
(4) facts necessary to show that the court with which the application is filed has venue;
(5) whether the decedent owned property and, if so, include a statement of the property’s probable value;
(6) the name and address, if known, whether the heir is an adult or minor, and the relationship to the decedent of each of the decedent’s heirs;
(7) if known by the applicant at the time the applicant files the application, whether one or more children were born to or adopted by the decedent and, if so, the name, birth date, and place of birth of each child;
(8) if known by the applicant at the time the applicant files the application, whether the decedent was ever divorced and, if so, when and from whom;
(9) that a necessity exists for administration of the decedent’s estate and an allegation of the facts that show that necessity; and
(10) that the applicant is not disqualified by law from acting as administrator.
(b) If an applicant does not state the last three numbers of the decedent’s driver’s license number or social security number under Subsection (a)(2-a), the application must state the reason the numbers are not stated.

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Terms Used In Texas Estates Code 301.052

  • Allegation: something that someone says happened.
  • Child: includes an adopted child, regardless of whether the adoption occurred through:
    (1) an existing or former statutory procedure; or
    (2) an equitable adoption or acts of estoppel. See Texas Estates Code 22.004
  • Court: means and includes:
    (1) a county court in the exercise of its probate jurisdiction;
    (2) a court created by statute and authorized to exercise original probate jurisdiction; and
    (3) a district court exercising original probate jurisdiction in a contested matter. See Texas Estates Code 22.007
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Estate: means a decedent's property, as that property:
    (1) exists originally and as the property changes in form by sale, reinvestment, or otherwise;
    (2) is augmented by any accretions and other additions to the property, including any property to be distributed to the decedent's representative by the trustee of a trust that terminates on the decedent's death, and substitutions for the property; and
    (3) is diminished by any decreases in or distributions from the property. See Texas Estates Code 22.012
  • Heir: means a person who is entitled under the statutes of descent and distribution to a part of the estate of a decedent who dies intestate. See Texas Estates Code 22.015
  • Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
  • Minor: means a person younger than 18 years of age who:
    (1) has never been married; and
    (2) has not had the disabilities of minority removed for general purposes. See Texas Estates Code 22.022
  • Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.