Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 53.071 · Subchapter C. LEASE OF MINERALS BY SURFACE OWNER
LIEN.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The state has a first lien on all minerals produced from any lease to secure the payment of unpaid royalty or other amounts that are due under this subchapter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2473, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/NR/htm/NR.53.htm
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- sha256 e04afcad9c9d165f87638ba1655b5f846bc51d8c4620c28871828c39ef1b1eed
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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