Tex. Prop. Code § 53.173 · Subchapter H. BOND TO INDEMNIFY AGAINST LIEN
NOTICE OF BOND.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) After the bond is filed, the county clerk shall issue notice of the bond to all named obligees.
(b) A copy of the bond must be attached to the notice.
(c) The notice must be served on each obligee by mailing a copy of the notice and the bond to the obligee by certified mail addressed to the claimant at the address stated in the lien affidavit for the obligee.
(d) If the claimant's lien affidavit does not state the claimant's address, the notice is not required to be mailed to the claimant.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3550, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1138, Sec. 26, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 526, Sec. 19, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 690 (H.B. 2237), Sec. 25, eff. January 1, 2022.
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.53.htm
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