Tex. Prop. Code § 53.174 · Subchapter H. BOND TO INDEMNIFY AGAINST LIEN
RECORDING OF BOND AND NOTICE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The county clerk shall record the bond, the notice, and a certificate of mailing in the real property records.
(b) In acquiring an interest in or insuring title to real property, a purchaser, insurer of title, or lender may rely on and is absolutely protected by the record of the bond and the notice to the same extent as if the lien claimant had filed a release of lien in the real property records.
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. 27, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 526, Sec. 20, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.53.htm
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