Tex. Prop. Code § 62.041 · Subchapter C. TIME FOR FILING NOTICE OF LIEN
TIME TO FILE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If a broker has earned a commission under a commission agreement signed by a seller or the seller's authorized agent, a broker must record a notice of lien:
(1) after the commission is earned; and
(2) before the conveyance of the commercial real estate interest on which the broker is claiming a lien.
(b) If a broker has earned a commission under a commission agreement signed by a prospective buyer or a prospective buyer's authorized agent, the broker must record a notice of lien:
(1) after the buyer acquires legal title to the commercial real estate interest on which the broker is claiming a lien; and
(2) before the buyer conveys the buyer's commercial real estate interest on which the broker is claiming a lien.
(c) If the lien is based on a lease transaction, the broker must record a notice of lien after the commission is earned and before the earlier of:
(1) the 91st day after the date the event for which the commission becomes payable occurs; or
(2) the date the person obligated to pay the commission records a subsequent conveyance of that person's commercial real estate interest after executing the lease agreement relating to the lease transaction for which the lien is claimed.
(d) If a notice of lien is not filed within the time required by this section, the lien is void.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1571, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1999.
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.62.htm
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