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2025 Texas Statutes
Property Code
Title 6 - Unclaimed Property
Chapter 71 - Escheat of Property
Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 71.004. Presumption of Death Without Heirs
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Sec. 71.004. PRESUMPTION OF DEATH WITHOUT HEIRS. 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.
Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3585, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.
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