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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Property Code § 71.003: PRESUMPTION OF INTESTACY.

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  1. PROPERTY CODE
  2. TITLE 6. UNCLAIMED PROPERTY
  3. CHAPTER 71. ESCHEAT OF PROPERTY
  4. SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

An individual is presumed to have died intestate if, on or before the seventh anniversary of the date of the individual's death, the individual's will has not been recorded or probated in the county where the individual's property is located.

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

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