{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-17.004","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 17.004","heading":"SUIT AGAINST UNKNOWN HEIRS OR UNKNOWN STOCKHOLDERS OF DEFUNCT CORPORATION.","body":"A person with a claim against property that has accrued to or been granted to the unknown heirs of a deceased individual or the unknown stockholders of a defunct corporation may sue the heirs or stockholders or their heirs or representatives. The action must describe the defendants as the heirs of the named deceased individual or the unknown stockholders of the named corporation.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.","path":["CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE","TITLE 2. TRIAL, JUDGMENT, AND APPEAL","SUBTITLE B. TRIAL MATTERS","CHAPTER 17. PARTIES; CITATION; LONG-ARM JURISDICTION","SUBCHAPTER A. PARTIES TO SUIT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.17.htm#17.004","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"3c6080303c4b054f35ce8ea7d25ccc79f57a8e25fa859bd9fa6ba5ddc5e3501d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-17.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-17.005"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}