Tex. Prop. Code § 53.055 · Subchapter C. PROCEDURE FOR PERFECTING LIEN
NOTICE OF FILED AFFIDAVIT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person who files an affidavit must send a copy of the affidavit to the owner or reputed owner at the owner's last known business or residence address not later than the fifth day after the date the affidavit is filed with the county clerk.
(b) If the person is not an original contractor, the person must also send a copy of the affidavit to the original contractor at the original contractor's last known business or residence address within the same period.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3540, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1138, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 48, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 526, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 889, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 690 (H.B. 2237), Sec. 9, 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
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- sha256 654f7d26b58f3a3d03573898622de57e36a4dda03d8178468be73a81b168a056
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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
Cited by 3 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Prop. Code § 53.055. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Property Code
- Tex. Prop. Code § 53.057DERIVATIVE CLAIMANT: NOTICE OF CLAIM FOR UNPAID RETAINAGE.Printed as Section 53.055
- Tex. Prop. Code § 53.081AUTHORITY TO WITHHOLD FUNDS FOR BENEFIT OF CLAIMANTS.Printed as Sections 53.052 through 53.055
- Tex. Prop. Code § 53.160SUMMARY MOTION TO REMOVE INVALID OR UNENFORCEABLE LIEN.Printed as Section 53.055
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