{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-71.004","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Property Code § 71.004","heading":"PRESUMPTION OF DEATH WITHOUT HEIRS.","body":"An individual is presumed to have died leaving no heirs if for the seven-year period preceding the court's determination:\n(1) a lawful claim to the individual's property has not been asserted; and\n(2) a lawful act of ownership of the individual's property has not been exercised.\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#71.004","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:37Z","sha256":"86f7128c44d25574f00f3ffc59a3711d7776609e06195e2231078857eb69a607","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-71.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-71.005"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}