Tex. Prop. Code § 53.022 · Subchapter B. PERSONS ENTITLED TO LIEN; SUBJECT PROPERTY
PROPERTY TO WHICH LIEN EXTENDS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The lien extends to the improvements and to each lot of land necessarily connected.
(b) The lien does not extend to abutting sidewalks, streets, and utilities that are public property.
(c) A lien against land in a city, town, or village extends to each lot on which the improvement is situated or on which the labor was performed.
(d) A lien against land not in a city, town, or village extends to not more than 50 acres on which the improvement is situated or on which the labor was performed.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3536, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.
Amended by:
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 690 (H.B. 2237), Sec. 5, eff. January 1, 2022.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.53.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 2035273c73ea251d60abe8a1c2f9ae20f5517d43d98a63ea5c30b7e89e896b1f
- 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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