Texas Property Code

§ 71.004 — PRESUMPTION OF DEATH WITHOUT HEIRS

PR § 71.004Title 6. UNCLAIMED PROPERTY · Ch. 71. ESCHEAT OF PROPERTY · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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.

Legislative history

Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3585, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.