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2020 SESSION
HB 76 Statute of limitations on written contract; missing persons declared dead, executor of estate.
Introduced by: James E. Edmunds, II | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Statute of limitations on written contract; missing persons declared dead; executor. Provides that, for any action that would be barred by the five-year statute of limitations on a written contract, wherein a person who would be party to such action was a missing person presumed dead and subsequently declared dead by court order, the executor of such person's estate has one year from the entry of such order to bring such an action, provided that a cause of action accrued on or after the date upon which such person went missing.
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HISTORY
- 12/06/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101269D
- 12/06/19 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/29/20 House: Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2021 by voice vote
- 01/31/20 House: Continued to 2021 in Courts of Justice by voice vote