RESIGNATION OF RESIDENT AGENT.
Tex. ESTATES Code § 56.002.
in effect(a) A resident agent of a personal representative may resign as resident agent by giving notice to the representative and filing with the court in which the probate proceeding is pending a statement titled "Resignation of Resident Agent" that states:
(1) the name of the representative;
(2) the representative's address most recently known by the resident agent;
(3) that notice of the resignation has been given to the representative and the date that notice was given; and
(4) that the representative has not designated a successor resident agent.
(b) The resident agent shall send, by a qualified delivery method, a copy of a resignation statement filed under Subsection (a) to:
(1) the personal representative at the address most recently known by the resident agent; and
(2) each party in the case or the party's attorney or other designated representative of record.
(c) The resignation of a resident agent takes effect on the date the court enters an order accepting the resignation. A court may not enter an order accepting the resignation unless the resident agent complies with this section.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 , Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.