Tex. Prop. Code § 71.001 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
ESCHEAT.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If an individual dies intestate and without heirs, the real and personal property of that individual is subject to escheat.
(b) "Escheat" means the vesting of title to property in the state in an escheat proceeding under Subchapter B.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3585, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984. Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 230, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.71.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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