Tex. Prop. Code § 72.1015

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.

Section 72.1015 - Unclaimed Wages

(a) In this section, "wages" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.001, Labor Code.

(b) An amount of unclaimed wages is presumed abandoned if, for longer than one year:

(1) the existence and location of the person to whom the wages are owed is unknown to the holder of the wages; and

(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.

Tex. Prop. Code § 72.1015

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., 3rd C.S., ch. 3, Sec. 2.02, eff. 1/11/2004.