{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-133.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 133.001","heading":"SEVEN-YEAR ABSENCE.","body":"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.\nAdded by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 167, Sec. 3.15(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Renumbered from Civil Practice \u0026 Remedies Code Sec. 131.001 by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 2, Sec. 16.01(4), eff. Aug. 28, 1989.","path":["CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE","TITLE 6. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 133. PRESUMPTION OF DEATH"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.133.htm#133.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"f622790d098feefbb328fee5bdfdcbc7d32bfe345d985c02174bd3c260d39626","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-132.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-133.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}