Tex. Prop. Code § 53.082 · Subchapter D. FUNDS WITHHELD BY OWNER FOLLOWING NOTICE
TIME FOR WHICH FUNDS ARE WITHHELD.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Unless the claim is otherwise settled, discharged, indemnified against under Subchapter H or I, or determined to be invalid by a final judgment of a court, the owner shall retain the funds withheld until:
(1) the time for filing the affidavit of mechanic's lien has passed; or
(2) if a lien affidavit has been filed, the lien claim has been satisfied or released.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3544, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1138, Sec. 13, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Amended by:
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 690 (H.B. 2237), Sec. 15, 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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- 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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