Tex. Prop. Code § 76.001 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
APPLICABILITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This chapter applies only to the holder of property if:
(1) the holder is a:
(A) school district;
(B) municipality;
(C) county; or
(D) junior college that has, in the manner described by Subsection (b), opted to handle property described by Subdivision (2) in accordance with this chapter; and
(2) the property is:
(A) presumed abandoned under Chapter 72 or 75; and
(B) valued at $100 or less.
(b) This chapter applies to a junior college only if the governing board of the junior college takes formal action to opt to handle property described by Subsection (a)(2) in accordance with this chapter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1037, Sec. 38, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1015, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2000.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 478 (H.B. 650), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011.
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.76.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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