Tex. Finance Code § 125.511

This is the official text of Tex. Finance Code § 125.511, part of Texas’s Finance Code — regulates banks and other financial institutions.

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§ 125.511. AUCTION OF CONTENTS.

Official statutory text

(a) If the rental, cost, and damages determined under Section 125.510(d) are not paid before the second anniversary of the date on which the box is opened, the credit union may:

(1) sell all or part of the contents at a public auction in the manner and on the notice prescribed for the sale of real property under deed of trust under Section 51.002, Property Code; and

(2) apply the sale proceeds to the rental, cost, and damages.

(b) The credit union shall send to the comptroller as provided by Chapter 74, Property Code:

(1) the unauctioned contents of a box; and

(2) any excess proceeds from the auction.

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