Tex. Prop. Code § 71.004 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

PRESUMPTION OF DEATH WITHOUT HEIRS.

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

An individual is presumed to have died leaving no heirs if for the seven-year period preceding the court's determination:

(1) a lawful claim to the individual's property has not been asserted; and

(2) a lawful act of ownership of the individual's property has not been exercised.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3585, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.

Source of truth

Edition: 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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