{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-72.1015","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Property Code § 72.1015","heading":"UNCLAIMED WAGES.","body":"(a) In this section, \"wages\" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.001, Labor Code.\n(b) An amount of unclaimed wages is presumed abandoned if, for longer than one year:\n(1) the existence and location of the person to whom the wages are owed is unknown to the holder of the wages; and\n(2) according to the knowledge and records of the holder of the wages, a claim to the wages has not been asserted or an act of ownership of the wages has not been exercised.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., 3rd C.S., ch. 3, Sec. 2.02, eff. Jan. 11, 2004.","path":["PROPERTY CODE","TITLE 6. UNCLAIMED PROPERTY","CHAPTER 72. ABANDONMENT OF PERSONAL PROPERTY","SUBCHAPTER B. PRESUMPTION OF ABANDONMENT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.72.htm#72.1015","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:37Z","sha256":"c3cde513e07c48c68a026b1fe606a2cd5ace31f9ec84cc9d31ac4dd25c8928f8","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-72.101","next":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-72.1016"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}