Tex. Transp. Code § 6.003 · Chapter 6. SALE OF UNCLAIMED GOODS
DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The common carrier shall:
(1) deduct charges due on freight or baggage, including the cost of storage and sale, from the proceeds of the sale; and
(2) hold the remainder subject to Subsection (b).
(b) The owner of the freight or baggage may recover from the common carrier the proceeds of the sale less any deductions under Subsection (a) if the owner or the owner's agent presents proof of ownership of the sold items to the carrier within five years after the date of the sale.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.6.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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