Tex. Fin. Code § 345.357 · Subchapter H. OTHER PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS
PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN LIENS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A retail installment contract or retail charge agreement may not provide for a first lien on real property to secure the obligation, other than a lien:
(1) created by law on the recording of an abstract of judgment; or
(2) provided for or granted by a contract or series of contracts for the sale or construction and sale of a structure to be used as a residence if the time price differential provided in the contract or agreement does not exceed an annual percentage rate permitted under this chapter or Chapter 303.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FI/htm/FI.345.htm
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