Tex. Prop. Code § 209.0063 · Chapter 209. TEXAS RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OWNERS PROTECTION ACT
PRIORITY OF PAYMENTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a payment received by a property owners' association from the owner shall be applied to the owner's debt in the following order of priority:
(1) any delinquent assessment;
(2) any current assessment;
(3) any reasonable attorney's fees or reasonable third party collection costs incurred by the association associated solely with assessments or any other charge that could provide the basis for foreclosure;
(4) any reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the association that are not subject to Subdivision (3);
(5) any reasonable fines assessed by the association; and
(6) any other reasonable amount owed to the association.
(b) If, at the time the property owners' association receives a payment from a property owner, the owner is in default under a payment plan entered into with the association:
(1) the association is not required to apply the payment in the order of priority specified by Subsection (a); and
(2) in applying the payment, a fine assessed by the association may not be given priority over any other amount owed to the association.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1282 (H.B. 1228), Sec. 2, eff. January 1, 2012.
Amended by:
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 951 (S.B. 1588), Sec. 15, eff. September 1, 2021.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.209.htm
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