Tex. Fin. Code § 347.404 · Subchapter I. SECURITY INTERESTS IN MANUFACTURED HOMES
LIABILITY OF REAL PROPERTY OWNER FOR REFUSAL TO ALLOW CREDITOR TO REPOSSESS MANUFACTURED HOME.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Unless an owner of real property has a possessory lien that has priority under Section 347.402, the owner of the real property may not refuse to allow a creditor to repossess and move the manufactured home.
(b) An owner of the real property who unlawfully refuses to allow the creditor to repossess and move the manufactured home is liable to the creditor for:
(1) an amount computed for each day that the owner of the real property maintains possession of the home equal to one-thirtieth of the monthly payment last paid by the consumer on the credit transaction;
(2) other actual or exemplary damages;
(3) attorney's fees;
(4) court costs; and
(5) any injunctive relief ordered by a court.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FI/htm/FI.347.htm
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