Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 133.001 · Chapter 133. PRESUMPTION OF DEATH
SEVEN-YEAR ABSENCE.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Any person absenting himself for seven successive years shall be presumed dead unless it is proved that the person was alive within the seven-year period.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 167, Sec. 3.15(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Renumbered from Civil Practice & Remedies Code Sec. 131.001 by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 2, Sec. 16.01(4), eff. Aug. 28, 1989.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.133.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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