{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-71.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Property Code § 71.003","heading":"PRESUMPTION OF INTESTACY.","body":"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.\nActs 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3585, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.","path":["PROPERTY CODE","TITLE 6. UNCLAIMED PROPERTY","CHAPTER 71. ESCHEAT OF PROPERTY","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.71.htm#71.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:37Z","sha256":"1badc33c82d69d99760bc4f127316360edd3894b160df715b6d0609e53856e56","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-71.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-71.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}