Tex. Prop. Code § 71.201 · Subchapter C. DISPOSITION OF ESCHEATED PROPERTY
SEIZURE AND SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If personal property escheated to the state, the court shall issue to the sheriff a writ that commands the sheriff to seize the escheated property.
(b) The sheriff shall:
(1) dispose of the personal property at public auction in accordance with the law regarding the sale of personal property under execution; and
(2) deposit into the State Treasury the proceeds of the sale, less court costs.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3589, 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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- 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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