Sec. 7.002.  LIABILITY FOR DEPOSITS PENDING SUIT.  (a)  An officer who has custody of a sum of money, a debt, an instrument, or other property paid to or deposited with a court pending the outcome of a cause of action shall seal the property in a secure package in a safe or bank vault that is accessible and subject to the control of the court.
(b)  The officer shall keep in his office as part of his records an itemized inventory of property deposited with the court.  The inventory must list the disposition of the property and the account for which the property was received.
(c)  At the expiration of the officer's term, the officer shall transfer all deposited property and the inventory to the officer's successor in office.  The successor shall give a receipt for the transferred property and the inventory.
(d)  This section does not exempt an officer or the officer's surety from liability on the officer's bond due to neglect or other default in regard to the deposited property.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.