{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-71.201","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Property Code § 71.201","heading":"SEIZURE AND SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY.","body":"(a) If personal property escheated to the state, the court shall issue to the sheriff a writ that commands the sheriff to seize the escheated property.\n(b) The sheriff shall:\n(1) dispose of the personal property at public auction in accordance with the law regarding the sale of personal property under execution; and\n(2) deposit into the State Treasury the proceeds of the sale, less court costs.\nActs 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3589, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.","path":["PROPERTY CODE","TITLE 6. UNCLAIMED PROPERTY","CHAPTER 71. ESCHEAT OF PROPERTY","SUBCHAPTER C. DISPOSITION OF ESCHEATED PROPERTY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.71.htm#71.201","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:37Z","sha256":"6493be3a9bfd83400ea1caa268a75322581b3790e414a4ff2b47cf00fb51cda9","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-71.109","next":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-71.202"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}