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Chapter 71 - Escheat of Property
Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 71.001. Escheat - Sec. 71.001. ESCHEAT. (a) If an individual dies intestate and...
Section 71.002. Presumption of Death - Sec. 71.002. PRESUMPTION OF DEATH. An individual is presumed dead...
Section 71.003. Presumption of Intestacy - Sec. 71.003. PRESUMPTION OF INTESTACY. An individual is presumed to...
Section 71.004. Presumption of Death Without Heirs - Sec. 71.004. PRESUMPTION OF DEATH WITHOUT HEIRS. An individual is...
Section 71.005. Act of Ownership - Sec. 71.005. ACT OF OWNERSHIP. For the purposes of this...
Section 71.006. Review of Probate Decree - Sec. 71.006. REVIEW OF PROBATE DECREE. (a) If the state...
Section 71.007. Identification of Real Property Subject to Escheat - Sec. 71.007. IDENTIFICATION OF REAL PROPERTY SUBJECT TO ESCHEAT. The...
Subchapter B. Escheat Proceedings
Section 71.101. Petition for Escheat - Sec. 71.101. PETITION FOR ESCHEAT. (a) If any person, including...
Section 71.102. Citation - Sec. 71.102. CITATION. (a) If a petition is filed under...
Section 71.103. Party to Proceeding - Sec. 71.103. PARTY TO PROCEEDING. (a) A person who exercises...
Section 71.104. Appearance of Claimants - Sec. 71.104. APPEARANCE OF CLAIMANTS. Any person, whether named in...
Section 71.105. Trial - Sec. 71.105. TRIAL. (a) If a person appears and denies...
Section 71.106. Default Judgment - Sec. 71.106. DEFAULT JUDGMENT. If citation is issued in accordance...
Section 71.107. Judgment for State - Sec. 71.107. JUDGMENT FOR STATE. (a) If the court renders...
Section 71.108. Costs Paid by State - Sec. 71.108. COSTS PAID BY STATE. If the property does...
Section 71.109. Appeal; Writ of Error - Sec. 71.109. APPEAL; WRIT OF ERROR. A party who appeared...
Subchapter C. Disposition of Escheated Property
Section 71.201. Seizure and Sale of Personal Property - Sec. 71.201. SEIZURE AND SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY. (a) If...
Section 71.202. Disposition of Real Property - Sec. 71.202. DISPOSITION OF REAL PROPERTY. (a) Real property that...
Section 71.203. Account of Escheated Property - Sec. 71.203. ACCOUNT OF ESCHEATED PROPERTY. The comptroller shall keep...
Subchapter D. Recovery of Escheated Property
Section 71.301. Suit for Escheated Personal Property - Sec. 71.301. SUIT FOR ESCHEATED PERSONAL PROPERTY. (a) If personal...
Section 71.302. Recovery of Personal Property - Sec. 71.302. RECOVERY OF PERSONAL PROPERTY. (a) If in a...
Section 71.303. Suit for Escheated Real Property - Sec. 71.303. SUIT FOR ESCHEATED REAL PROPERTY. (a) If real...
Section 71.304. State as Party in Suit for Assets - Sec. 71.304. STATE AS PARTY IN SUIT FOR ASSETS. (a)...
Chapter 72 - Abandonment of Personal Property
Section 72.001. Application of Chapter - Sec. 72.001. APPLICATION OF CHAPTER. (a) Tangible or intangible personal...
Subchapter B. Presumption of Abandonment
Section 72.101. Personal Property Presumed Abandoned - Sec. 72.101. PERSONAL PROPERTY PRESUMED ABANDONED. (a) Except as provided...
Section 72.1015. Unclaimed Wages - Sec. 72.1015. UNCLAIMED WAGES. (a) In this section, "wages" has...
Section 72.1016. Stored Value Card - Sec. 72.1016. STORED VALUE CARD. (a) This section applies to...
Section 72.1017. Utility Deposits - Sec. 72.1017. UTILITY DEPOSITS. (a) In this section: (1) "Utility"...
Section 72.102. Traveler's Check and Money Order - Sec. 72.102. TRAVELER'S CHECK AND MONEY ORDER. (a) A traveler's...
Section 72.1021. Shares of Mutual Fund; Designation of Representative for Notice - Sec. 72.1021. SHARES OF MUTUAL FUND; DESIGNATION OF REPRESENTATIVE FOR...
Section 72.103. Preservation of Property - Sec. 72.103. PRESERVATION OF PROPERTY. Notwithstanding any other provision of...
Section 72.104. Tangible Personal Property Held by County - Sec. 72.104. TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY HELD BY COUNTY. Tangible personal...
Chapter 73 - Property Held by Financial Institutions
Section 73.001. Definitions and Application of Chapter - Sec. 73.001. DEFINITIONS AND APPLICATION OF CHAPTER. (a) In this...
Section 73.002. Depository - Sec. 73.002. DEPOSITORY. For the purposes of this chapter, a...
Section 73.003. Preservation of Inactive Account or Safe Deposit Box - Sec. 73.003. PRESERVATION OF INACTIVE ACCOUNT OR SAFE DEPOSIT BOX....
Section 73.101. Inactive Account or Safe Deposit Box Presumed Abandoned - Sec. 73.101. INACTIVE ACCOUNT OR SAFE DEPOSIT BOX PRESUMED ABANDONED....
Section 73.102. Checks - Sec. 73.102. CHECKS. A check is presumed to be abandoned...
Section 73.103. Designation of Representative for Notice - Sec. 73.103. DESIGNATION OF REPRESENTATIVE FOR NOTICE. (a) The depositor...
Chapter 74 - Report, Delivery, and Claims Process
Subchapter A. Applicability
Section 74.001. Applicability - Sec. 74.001. APPLICABILITY. (a) Except as provided by this section,...
Subchapter B. Property Report
Section 74.101. Property Report - Sec. 74.101. PROPERTY REPORT. (a) Each holder who on March...
Section 74.1011. Notice by Property Holder Required - Sec. 74.1011. NOTICE BY PROPERTY HOLDER REQUIRED. (a) Except as...
Section 74.102. Signed Statement - Sec. 74.102. SIGNED STATEMENT. (a) The person preparing a property...
Section 74.103. Retention of Records - Sec. 74.103. RETENTION OF RECORDS. (a) A holder required to...
Section 74.104. Confidentiality of Property Report; Exceptions - Sec. 74.104. CONFIDENTIALITY OF PROPERTY REPORT; EXCEPTIONS. (a) Except as...
Section 74.105. Combined Reporting - Sec. 74.105. COMBINED REPORTING. (a) In this section: (1) "Affiliated...
Section 74.106. Continuing Reporting Requirement - Sec. 74.106. CONTINUING REPORTING REQUIREMENT. (a) A person who is...
Subchapter C. Notice by Comptroller
Section 74.201. Required Notice - Sec. 74.201. REQUIRED NOTICE. (a) Except as provided by Section...
Section 74.202. Notice for Item With Value of Less Than $100 - Sec. 74.202. NOTICE FOR ITEM WITH VALUE OF LESS THAN...
Section 74.203. Authorized Notice - Sec. 74.203. AUTHORIZED NOTICE. (a) During the calendar year immediately...
Section 74.205. Charge for Notice - Sec. 74.205. CHARGE FOR NOTICE. The comptroller may charge the...
Section 74.206. Advertising and Promotion - Sec. 74.206. ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION. The comptroller may advertise or...
Subchapter D. Delivery
Section 74.301. Delivery of Property to Comptroller - Sec. 74.301. DELIVERY OF PROPERTY TO COMPTROLLER. (a) Except as...
Section 74.3011. Delivery of Money to Rural Scholarship Fund - Sec. 74.3011. DELIVERY OF MONEY TO RURAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND. (a)...
Section 74.3012. Delivery of Money to Urban Scholarship Fund - Sec. 74.3012. DELIVERY OF MONEY TO URBAN SCHOLARSHIP FUND. (a)...
Section 74.3013. Delivery of Money for Rural Scholarship, Economic Development, and Energy Efficiency Assistance - Sec. 74.3013. DELIVERY OF MONEY FOR RURAL SCHOLARSHIP, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,...
Section 74.302. Statement of Delivered Property - Sec. 74.302. STATEMENT OF DELIVERED PROPERTY. (a) Property delivered under...
Section 74.304. Responsibility After Delivery - Sec. 74.304. RESPONSIBILITY AFTER DELIVERY. (a) If reported property is...
Section 74.306. Unclaimed Property Held by Federal Government - Sec. 74.306. UNCLAIMED PROPERTY HELD BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. (a) If...
Section 74.3061. Escheat of Funds in the Possession of the United States - Sec. 74.3061. ESCHEAT OF FUNDS IN THE POSSESSION OF THE...
Section 74.307. List of Owners; Other Public Information - Sec. 74.307. LIST OF OWNERS; OTHER PUBLIC INFORMATION. (a) The...
Section 74.308. Period of Limitation Not a Bar - Sec. 74.308. PERIOD OF LIMITATION NOT A BAR. The expiration,...
Section 74.309. Private Escheat Agreements Prohibited - Sec. 74.309. PRIVATE ESCHEAT AGREEMENTS PROHIBITED. An individual, corporation, business...
Subchapter E. Disposition of Delivered Property
Section 74.401. Sale of Property - Sec. 74.401. SALE OF PROPERTY. (a) Except as provided by...
Section 74.402. Notice of Sale - Sec. 74.402. NOTICE OF SALE. Before the 21st day preceding...
Section 74.403. Purchaser's Title - Sec. 74.403. PURCHASER'S TITLE. (a) At a sale, public or...
Section 74.404. Sale of Military Awards and Decorations Prohibited - Sec. 74.404. SALE OF MILITARY AWARDS AND DECORATIONS PROHIBITED. (a)...
Section 74.405. Disposition of Securities - Sec. 74.405. DISPOSITION OF SECURITIES. (a) The comptroller may sell...
Subchapter F. Claim for Delivered Property
Section 74.501. Claim Filed With Comptroller - Sec. 74.501. CLAIM FILED WITH COMPTROLLER. (a) The comptroller shall...
Section 74.502. Claim Filed With Holder - Sec. 74.502. CLAIM FILED WITH HOLDER. (a) If a claim...
Section 74.503. Waiver of Claim Requirement - Sec. 74.503. WAIVER OF CLAIM REQUIREMENT. The comptroller may waive...
Section 74.504. Hearing - Sec. 74.504. HEARING. (a) The comptroller may hold a hearing...
Section 74.506. Appeal - Sec. 74.506. APPEAL. (a) A person who has filed a...
Section 74.507. Assistance of Claimant; Fee for Recovery - Sec. 74.507. ASSISTANCE OF CLAIMANT; FEE FOR RECOVERY. (a) A...
Section 74.508. Claim of Another State to Recover Property; Procedure - Sec. 74.508. CLAIM OF ANOTHER STATE TO RECOVER PROPERTY; PROCEDURE....
Section 74.509. Handling Fee for Processing Unclaimed Property - Sec. 74.509. HANDLING FEE FOR PROCESSING UNCLAIMED PROPERTY. A handling...
Subchapter G. Unclaimed Money
Section 74.601. Unclaimed Money - Sec. 74.601. UNCLAIMED MONEY. (a) The comptroller shall maintain a...
Section 74.602. Use of Money - Sec. 74.602. USE OF MONEY. Except as provided by Section...
Section 74.603. Audit; Appropriation - Sec. 74.603. AUDIT; APPROPRIATION. The unclaimed money received under this...
Subchapter H. Enforcement
Section 74.701. Rules - Sec. 74.701. RULES. The comptroller may adopt rules necessary to...
Section 74.702. Examination of Records - Sec. 74.702. EXAMINATION OF RECORDS. (a) For purposes of the...
Section 74.7021. Limitation Period for Examination - Sec. 74.7021. LIMITATION PERIOD FOR EXAMINATION. (a) The comptroller or...
Section 74.703. Additional Personnel - Sec. 74.703. ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL. (a) The comptroller and the attorney...
Section 74.704. Assistance in Enforcement - Sec. 74.704. ASSISTANCE IN ENFORCEMENT. (a) If the comptroller requests,...
Section 74.705. Interest - Sec. 74.705. INTEREST. A holder who fails to pay or...
Section 74.706. Penalty - Sec. 74.706. PENALTY. (a) A penalty equal to five percent...
Section 74.707. Waiver or Abatement of Penalty or Interest - Sec. 74.707. WAIVER OR ABATEMENT OF PENALTY OR INTEREST. (a)...
Section 74.708. Property Held in Trust - Sec. 74.708. PROPERTY HELD IN TRUST. A holder who on...
Section 74.709. Suit to Compel Delivery of Property and Civil Penalties - Sec. 74.709. SUIT TO COMPEL DELIVERY OF PROPERTY AND CIVIL...
Section 74.710. Criminal Offense - Sec. 74.710. CRIMINAL OFFENSE. (a) A holder commits an offense...
Section 74.711. Authority to Take Testimony and Issue Administrative Subpoenas - Sec. 74.711. AUTHORITY TO TAKE TESTIMONY AND ISSUE ADMINISTRATIVE SUBPOENAS....
Section 74.712. Enforcement of Subpoenas - Sec. 74.712. ENFORCEMENT OF SUBPOENAS. (a) If the person to...
Chapter 75 - Texas Minerals
Section 75.001. Definitions; Application of Chapter - Sec. 75.001. DEFINITIONS; APPLICATION OF CHAPTER. (a) In this chapter:...
Section 75.002. Transfer and Purchase of Mineral Interest on Mineral Proceeds - Sec. 75.002. TRANSFER AND PURCHASE OF MINERAL INTEREST ON MINERAL...
Section 75.101. Presumption of Abandonment - Sec. 75.101. PRESUMPTION OF ABANDONMENT. (a) All mineral proceeds that...
Section 75.102. Preservation of Property - Sec. 75.102. PRESERVATION OF PROPERTY. A holder of abandoned property...
Chapter 76 - Report, Delivery, and Claims Process for Certain Property
Section 76.001. Applicability - Sec. 76.001. APPLICABILITY. (a) This chapter applies only to the...
Section 76.002. Officers and Representatives - Sec. 76.002. OFFICERS AND REPRESENTATIVES. In this chapter: (1) a...
Section 76.101. Property Report - Sec. 76.101. PROPERTY REPORT. (a) Each holder who on June...
Section 76.102. Verification - Sec. 76.102. VERIFICATION. (a) The person preparing a property report...
Section 76.103. Retention of Records - Sec. 76.103. RETENTION OF RECORDS. (a) The holder required to...
Section 76.104. Confidentiality of Property Report - Sec. 76.104. CONFIDENTIALITY OF PROPERTY REPORT. (a) Except as provided...
Subchapter C. Notice
Section 76.201. Published Notice - Sec. 76.201. PUBLISHED NOTICE. (a) Except as provided by Subsections...
Section 76.202. Notice to Owner - Sec. 76.202. NOTICE TO OWNER. (a) During the calendar year...
Section 76.203. Notice That Accounts Are Subject to This Chapter - Sec. 76.203. NOTICE THAT ACCOUNTS ARE SUBJECT TO THIS CHAPTER....
Section 76.204. Charge for Notice - Sec. 76.204. CHARGE FOR NOTICE. The treasurer of the holder...
Section 76.301. Delivery of Property to Treasurer - Sec. 76.301. DELIVERY OF PROPERTY TO TREASURER. (a) Each holder...
Section 76.302. Verification of Delivered Property - Sec. 76.302. VERIFICATION OF DELIVERED PROPERTY. (a) Property delivered under...
Section 76.303. List of Owners - Sec. 76.303. LIST OF OWNERS. (a) The treasurer of the...
Section 76.304. Period of Limitation Not a Bar - Sec. 76.304. PERIOD OF LIMITATION NOT A BAR. The expiration...
Section 76.401. Sale of Property - Sec. 76.401. SALE OF PROPERTY. (a) Except as provided by...
Section 76.402. Notice of Sale - Sec. 76.402. NOTICE OF SALE. Before the 21st day before...
Section 76.403. Purchaser's Title - Sec. 76.403. PURCHASER'S TITLE. (a) At a sale, public or...
Section 76.501. Filing of Claim - Sec. 76.501. FILING OF CLAIM. (a) A claim for property...
Section 76.502. Consideration of Claim - Sec. 76.502. CONSIDERATION OF CLAIM. The treasurer of the holder...
Section 76.503. Hearing - Sec. 76.503. HEARING. (a) The treasurer of the holder may...
Section 76.504. Payment of Claim - Sec. 76.504. PAYMENT OF CLAIM. (a) If a claim has...
Section 76.505. Appeal - Sec. 76.505. APPEAL. (a) A person aggrieved by the decision...
Section 76.506. Fee for Recovery - Sec. 76.506. FEE FOR RECOVERY. A person who informs a...
Section 76.507. Claim of Another State to Recover Property; Procedure - Sec. 76.507. CLAIM OF ANOTHER STATE TO RECOVER PROPERTY; PROCEDURE....
Subchapter G. Unclaimed Money Fund
Section 76.601. Fund - Sec. 76.601. FUND. (a) The treasurer of the holder shall...
Section 76.602. Use of Fund - Sec. 76.602. USE OF FUND. (a) The treasurer of the...
Section 76.603. Audit; Budget - Sec. 76.603. AUDIT; BUDGET. The unclaimed money fund is subject...
Section 76.701. Rules - Sec. 76.701. RULES. The treasurer of the holder may adopt...
Section 76.702. Examination of Records - Sec. 76.702. EXAMINATION OF RECORDS. (a) To enforce this chapter...
Section 76.703. Additional Personnel - Sec. 76.703. ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL. (a) The treasurer of the holder...
Section 76.704. Offense - Sec. 76.704. OFFENSE. (a) A person commits an offense if...
Chapter 77 - Report, Delivery, and Claims Process for Unclaimed Restitution Payments
Section 77.001. Applicability - Sec. 77.001. APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies to unclaimed restitution payments...
Section 77.051. Property Report - Sec. 77.051. PROPERTY REPORT. (a) Notwithstanding the confidentiality provisions of...
Section 77.052. Notice by Holder Required - Sec. 77.052. NOTICE BY HOLDER REQUIRED. A holder who on...
Section 77.053. Signed Statement - Sec. 77.053. SIGNED STATEMENT. (a) The person preparing a property...
Section 77.054. Confidentiality of Property Report - Sec. 77.054. CONFIDENTIALITY OF PROPERTY REPORT. (a) The property report...
Section 77.055. Exception to Liability - Sec. 77.055. EXCEPTION TO LIABILITY. (a) It is an exception...
Section 77.101. Notice - Sec. 77.101. NOTICE. The comptroller may use one or more...
Section 77.102. Publication - Sec. 77.102. PUBLICATION. Notwithstanding Section 77.054, the comptroller may publish...
Section 77.151. Delivery of Property to Comptroller - Sec. 77.151. DELIVERY OF PROPERTY TO COMPTROLLER. Each holder who...
Section 77.152. Responsibility After Delivery - Sec. 77.152. RESPONSIBILITY AFTER DELIVERY. (a) If an unclaimed restitution...
Subchapter E. Claim for Delivered Property
Section 77.201. Claim Filed With Comptroller - Sec. 77.201. CLAIM FILED WITH COMPTROLLER. (a) The comptroller shall...
Section 77.202. Claims Not Assignable - Sec. 77.202. CLAIMS NOT ASSIGNABLE. Notwithstanding Section 9.406(f), Business &...
Section 77.203. Claim Filed With Holder - Sec. 77.203. CLAIM FILED WITH HOLDER. (a) If a claim...
Section 77.204. Appeal - Sec. 77.204. APPEAL. (a) A person aggrieved by the decision...
Section 77.205. Limitation of Liability - Sec. 77.205. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. The liability of the state...
Section 77.206. Fee for Recovery - Sec. 77.206. FEE FOR RECOVERY. (a) A person who informs...
Subchapter F. Unclaimed Payments
Section 77.251. Unclaimed Restitution Payments - Sec. 77.251. UNCLAIMED RESTITUTION PAYMENTS. (a) The comptroller shall maintain...
Section 77.252. Use of Money - Sec. 77.252. USE OF MONEY. (a) Except as provided by...
Section 77.253. Excess Claims - Sec. 77.253. EXCESS CLAIMS. The comptroller may pay a claim...
Subchapter G. Enforcement
Section 77.301. Rules - Sec. 77.301. RULES. The comptroller may adopt rules necessary to...
Section 77.302. Examination of Records - Sec. 77.302. EXAMINATION OF RECORDS. (a) To enforce this chapter...
Section 77.303. Authority to Take Testimony and Issue Administrative Subpoenas - Sec. 77.303. AUTHORITY TO TAKE TESTIMONY AND ISSUE ADMINISTRATIVE SUBPOENAS....
Section 77.304. Enforcement of Subpoenas - Sec. 77.304. ENFORCEMENT OF SUBPOENAS. (a) If the person to...
Section 77.305. Venue for Pre-Compliance Review - Sec. 77.305. VENUE FOR PRE-COMPLIANCE REVIEW. A person receiving a...
Section 77.306. Assistance in Enforcement - Sec. 77.306. ASSISTANCE IN ENFORCEMENT. If the comptroller or attorney...
Section 77.307. Penalty - Sec. 77.307. PENALTY. A penalty equal to five percent of...
Section 77.308. Waiver or Abatement of Penalty - Sec. 77.308. WAIVER OR ABATEMENT OF PENALTY. The comptroller may...