Tex. Prop. Code § 71.003 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
PRESUMPTION OF INTESTACY.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
An individual is presumed to have died intestate if, on or before the seventh anniversary of the date of the individual's death, the individual's will has not been recorded or probated in the county where the individual's property is located.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3585, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.
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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