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Texas Property Code - PROP § 74.705. Interest

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

A holder who fails to pay or deliver property within the time prescribed by this chapter shall pay to the comptroller interest, at an annual rate of 10 percent, on the property from the date the property should have been paid or delivered until the date the property is actually paid or delivered.

(b) to (e) Deleted by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1037, § 35, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

(f) A person is exempt from payment of interest under Subsection (a)   1 if the person's action or omission is in connection with the person's official duties as an officer or employee of a political subdivision of this state.

(g) In this section, “person” does not include a local governmental entity or an officer or employee of a local governmental entity who is performing the officer's or employee's official duties for the local governmental entity.

1  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1037, § 33, deleted subsection designator “(a)”.
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