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2025 Texas Statutes
Property Code
Title 6 - Unclaimed Property
Chapter 76 - Report, Delivery, and Claims Process for Certain Property
Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 76.001. Applicability

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TX Prop § 76.001 (2025)
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Sec. 76.001. APPLICABILITY. (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.

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.

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