{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-51.075","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Natural Resources Code § 51.075","heading":"FORFEITURE OF A DECEASED PURCHASER'S LAND.","body":"(a) If a purchaser of land dies, the heirs or legal representatives of the deceased have one year following November 1 after the purchaser's death in which to make payment before the commissioner declares the land to be forfeited.\n(b) If the forfeiture is declared by the commissioner within the time period stated in Subsection (a) of this section, it will be set aside on proper proof of death if no rights of third parties have intervened.\nActs 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2424, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.","path":["NATURAL RESOURCES CODE","TITLE 2. PUBLIC DOMAIN","SUBTITLE D. DISPOSITION OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN","CHAPTER 51. LAND, TIMBER, AND SURFACE RESOURCES","SUBCHAPTER C. SALE OF PUBLIC SCHOOL AND ASYLUM LAND"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/NR/htm/NR.51.htm#51.075","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:28Z","sha256":"de4ad71af8d2a6d07f681e1d3937c335c7201c7e0e5b16c099481d5da56b5cb6","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-51.074","next":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-51.076"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}