Title PR, Property Code

Sec. 56.005. ACCRUAL OF INDEBTEDNESS. (a) The indebtedness for labor performed by the day or week accrues at the end of each week during which the labor is performed. (b) The indebtedness for material or services accrues on the date the material or services were last furnished. A…

Sec. 56.006. LIABILITY OF OWNER. An owner of land or a leasehold may not be subjected to liability under this chapter greater than the amount agreed to be paid in the contract for furnishing material or performing labor. Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3567, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1…

Sec. 56.021. SECURING LIEN. (a) Not later than six months after the day the indebtedness accrues, a person claiming the lien must file an affidavit with the county clerk of the county in which the property is located. (b) Not later than the 10th day before the day the affidavit i…

Sec. 56.022. CONTENTS OF AFFIDAVIT. (a) A lien claimant's affidavit must include: (1) the name of the mineral property owner involved, if known; (2) the name and mailing address of the claimant; (3) the dates of performance or furnishing; (4) a description of the land, leasehold …

Sec. 56.023. CONTENTS OF MINERAL SUBCONTRACTOR'S NOTICE. A mineral subcontractor's notice to the property owner must include the amount of the lien, the name of the person indebted to the subcontractor, and a description of the land, leasehold interest, pipeline, or pipeline righ…

Sec. 56.024. FILING IN NEW COUNTY. (a) Not later than the 90th day after the day that property to which the lien has attached is removed from a county in which the lien affidavit covering the property has been filed, the lienholder may file with the clerk of the county to which t…

Sec. 56.041. ENFORCEMENT. (a) A claimant must enforce the lien within the same time and in the same manner as a mechanic's, contractor's, or materialman's lien under Chapter 53. (b) A holder of a prior encumbrance on land or a leasehold is not a necessary party to a suit to forec…

Sec. 56.042. SALE OR REMOVAL OF PROPERTY. (a) A mineral property owner, contractor, subcontractor, or purchaser or an agent, trustee, or receiver of one of those persons may not sell property to which the lien has attached or remove it from the land on which it was to be used, un…

Sec. 56.043. RETENTION OF PAYMENT. A property owner who is served with a mineral subcontractor's notice may withhold payment to the contractor in the amount claimed until the debt on which the lien is based is settled or determined to be not owed. The owner is not liable to the s…

Sec. 56.044. FORFEITURE OF LEASEHOLD. Forfeiture of a leasehold does not impair a lien on material, machinery, supplies, or an improvement located on the leasehold if: (1) the lien attached to the property before the leasehold was forfeited; (2) the property is not permanently at…

Sec. 56.045. EQUITABLE OR CONTINGENT INTEREST. Failure of an equitable interest to become legal title or nonfulfillment of a condition subsequent on which a legal interest is contingent does not impair a lien on material, machinery, supplies, or an improvement located on the land…