PROPERTY CODE
TITLE 6. UNCLAIMED PROPERTY
CHAPTER 71. ESCHEAT OF PROPERTY
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 71.001. ESCHEAT. (a) If an individual dies intestate and without heirs, the real and personal property of that individual is subject to escheat.
(b) "Escheat" means the vesting of title to property in the state in an escheat proceeding under Subchapter B.
Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3585, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984. Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 230, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.