Sec. 71.201.  SEIZURE AND SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY.  (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.
(b)  The sheriff shall:
(1)  dispose of the personal property at public auction in accordance with the law regarding the sale of personal property under execution;  and
(2)  deposit into the State Treasury the proceeds of the sale, less court costs.
Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3589, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.