On proof satisfactory to the court, a personal representative of an estate is entitled to all necessary and reasonable expenses incurred by the representative in:

1. (1) collecting or attempting to collect a claim or debt owed to the estate; or
2. (2) recovering or attempting to recover property to which the estate has a title or claim.

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