{"id":12350,"date":"2022-01-16T15:26:27","date_gmt":"2022-01-16T21:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legaltalktexas.hammerle.com\/?p=12350"},"modified":"2025-06-18T16:51:29","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T21:51:29","slug":"being-escheated-out-of-your-inheritance-abandoned-property-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hammerle.com\/legaltalk\/probate\/being-escheated-out-of-your-inheritance-abandoned-property-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Being Escheated Out of Your Inheritance &#8211; Abandoned Property Laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The State of Texas does not want your inheritance. It may end up with it anyway.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blame it on Chapter 551, an obscure part of the Estates Code that is unhelpfully named \u201cPayment of Estates into Treasury.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is Chapter 551<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under Chapter 551, you have an affirmative obligation to timely claim your inheritance. If you do not, then your inheritance will be turned over to the State of Texas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In legal circles, we call that escheating. It is all part of a wider circle of laws that deal with turning unclaimed funds over to the State. While escheating is usually associated with unclaimed life insurance, bank accounts and financial investments, it turns out that it also applies to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hammerle.com\/legaltalk\/estate-planning-and-probate\/probate-and-its-process-explained\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">probate<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> estates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Surprise.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chapter 551 sets forth how a court and an estate administrator must handle unclaimed shares of a probate estate. While seldom talked about \u2013 there are no reported appellate decisions \u2013 the language is mandatory and the procedures onerous.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chapter 551 imposes upon you an obligation &#8211; an obligation to demand your share of the inheritance within 6 months after 2 different triggering events. The first event is a court order approving a partition of the estate property. The second is settlement of the final account of the probate administrator.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What Happens if You Do Not Claim Your Inheritance?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you do not timely demand your share, then the court is required to enter a written order that your share be paid to the Texas comptroller. The Texas comptroller must be included as a party to the proceedings. The court clerk must send a copy of the order to the comptroller, and the executor must pay the funds within 30 days.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If your inheritance ends up with the comptroller, is all lost? No. You just need to go to a different law \u2013 Texas Property Code, Chapter 74 to be exact &#8211; to find out the rules to claim your money from the comptroller.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Or you could go to the website of the Texas Comptroller and follow those suggestions. Look for the Unclaimed Property section.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More on Unclaimed Inheritance<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two more thoughts on an unclaimed inheritance. Most <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hammerle.com\/practice-areas\/estate-planning-probate\/probate\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">probate estates<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> never have to go through a partition action, so there is not a partition order. And a lot of probate estates are <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hammerle.com\/legaltalk\/estate-planning-and-probate\/independent-administration-in-texas\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">independent administrations<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, so the probate administrator is not required to file a final account with the court. In other words, the two triggering events never occur in most estates.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But that doesn\u2019t mean you can sit still and do nothing. You still must worry about the 3- year rule and the 7-year rule.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is the 3-year rule? That is the general escheat rule for personal property. Unclaimed personal property is considered abandoned if, for longer than 3 years, the location of the owner is unknown and a claim to the property has not been asserted.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 7-year rule applies to both personal property and real property (surface land, mineral interests, etc.) If someone dies without a will and no known heirs, then after 7 years that property escheats to the state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The claim procedures are more onerous under the 7-year rule. If the property is personal property, then the claimant must file a lawsuit within 4 years of the final judgment escheating the property to the state.\u00a0 If the property is real property, then the lawsuit must be filed within 2 years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The laws on escheat and probate are intertwined. None of them work in your favor. If you find yourself an heir or devisee of a probate estate, then you need to act to protect your inheritance.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hammerle Morris Can Help You With Your Estate Planning Needs<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you have questions about your estate planning options, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hammerle.com\/lewisville-attorney\/#form\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">schedule a consultation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with one of the experienced <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hammerle.com\/lawyers\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">estate planning attorneys<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at Hammerle Morris to discuss what is right for you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hammerle.com\/lawyers\/virginia-hammerle\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Virginia Hammerle<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is an attorney with Hammerle Morris Law Firm.\u00a0 She is entering her 40th year in the practice of law.\u00a0 She is Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal specialization. Contact legaltalktexas@hammerle.com to receive her firm\u2019s newsletter.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The State of Texas does not want your inheritance. It may end up with it anyway.\u00a0\u00a0 Blame it on Chapter 551, an obscure part of the Estates Code that is unhelpfully named \u201cPayment of Estates into Treasury.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 What is Chapter 551 Under Chapter 551, you have an affirmative obligation to timely claim your inheritance. 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