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Terms Used In Texas Finance Code 154.307

  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Comptroller: means the state comptroller of public accounts. See Texas Government Code 312.011
  • Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Recourse: An arrangement in which a bank retains, in form or in substance, any credit risk directly or indirectly associated with an asset it has sold (in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) that exceeds a pro rata share of the bank's claim on the asset. If a bank has no claim on an asset it has sold, then the retention of any credit risk is recourse. Source: FDIC

A purchaser’s or beneficiary‘s sole recourse after a seller has delivered abandoned money and reported to the comptroller under § 154.304 is to file a claim with the comptroller as provided by Chapter 74, Property Code.