Sec. 133.001. SEVEN-YEAR ABSENCE. Any person absenting himself for seven successive years shall be presumed dead unless it is proved that the person was alive within the seven-year period.
Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 167, Sec. 3.15(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Renumbered from Civil Practice & Remedies Code Sec. 131.001 by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 2, Sec. 16.01(4), eff. Aug. 28, 1989.