Tex. Prop. Code § 53.025 · Subchapter B. PERSONS ENTITLED TO LIEN; SUBJECT PROPERTY
LIMITATION ON ORDINARY RETAINAGE LIEN.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A lien for retainage is valid only for the amount specified to be retained in the contract, including any amendments to the contract, between the claimant and the original contractor or between the claimant and a subcontractor.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3537, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1138, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
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
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- 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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