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(a) A person who exercises a lawful act of ownership in property that is the subject of an escheat proceeding must be made a party to the proceeding by:
(1) personal service of citation if the person is a resident of this state and the person's address can be obtained by reasonable diligence; or
(2) service of citation on a person's agent if the person is a nonresident or a resident who cannot be found and the agent can be found by the use of reasonable diligence.
(b) For the purposes of this section, reasonable diligence includes an inquiry and investigation of the records of the office of the tax assessor-collector of the county in which the property sought to be escheated is located.
(c) The comptroller is an indispensable party to any judicial or administrative proceeding concerning the disposition and handling of property that is the subject of an escheat proceeding and must be made a party to the proceeding by personal service of citation.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Texas Property Code - PROP § 71.103. Party to Proceeding - last updated April 14, 2021 | https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/property-code/prop-sect-71-103/
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