Tex. Natural Resources Code § 51.075
This is the official text of Tex. Natural Resources Code § 51.075, part of Texas’s Natural Resources Code — governs land, minerals, and natural resource management.
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§ 51.075. FORFEITURE OF A DECEASED PURCHASER'S LAND.
Official statutory text
(a) If a purchaser of land dies, the heirs or legal representatives of the deceased have one year following November 1 after the purchaser's death in which to make payment before the commissioner declares the land to be forfeited.
(b) If the forfeiture is declared by the commissioner within the time period stated in Subsection (a) of this section, it will be set aside on proper proof of death if no rights of third parties have intervened.
(b) If the forfeiture is declared by the commissioner within the time period stated in Subsection (a) of this section, it will be set aside on proper proof of death if no rights of third parties have intervened.
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