Tex. Property Code § 72.1015
This is the official text of Tex. Property Code § 72.1015, part of Texas’s Property Code — governs real property, landlord-tenant law, and property transactions.
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§ 72.1015. UNCLAIMED WAGES.
Official statutory text
(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.
(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.
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