Tex. Fin. Code § 347.402 · Subchapter I. SECURITY INTERESTS IN MANUFACTURED HOMES
POSSESSORY LIEN.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The owner of the real property on which a manufactured home is or has been located and for which rental charges have not been paid has a possessory lien that is not subject to Section 347.401 to secure rental charges described by Subsection (b) if:
(1) the creditor described by Section 347.401 repossesses the manufactured home when the charges have not been paid; and
(2) the owner of the real property has mailed to the creditor by certified mail, return receipt requested, written notice of the unpaid charges.
(b) The possessory lien secures rental charges that begin to accrue:
(1) for a manufactured home that is abandoned or voluntarily surrendered by the consumer, from and after the 15th day after the date on which the creditor receives the written notice of the unpaid charges; or
(2) for a manufactured home that is not abandoned or voluntarily surrendered by the consumer, from and after the 15th day after the first day on which both:
(A) all notice and grace periods that the creditor is required to give the consumer before repossession under any applicable contract or law have expired; and
(B) the creditor has received the written notice of the unpaid charges.
(c) The maximum daily rental charge that is secured by the possessory lien is equal to one-thirtieth of the monthly rental payment last paid by the consumer.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FI/htm/FI.347.htm
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