Tex. Prop. Code § 67.011 · Chapter 67. OIL AND GAS LIENS
VENUE; JURISDICTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An action to enforce the interest owner's oil and gas lien may be brought in a district court or other court of competent jurisdiction in the county in which:
(1) the oil and gas well from which the oil or gas is produced is located;
(2) the unpaid for oil or gas is located; or
(3) the proceeds for the oil or gas are located.
(b) An interest owner may join multiple proceedings to enforce oil and gas liens involving more than one oil and gas well in one county in the same action.
(c) In cases involving oil or gas from the same oil and gas well or wells:
(1) any persons claiming oil and gas liens in the oil or gas may join in the same action; or
(2) a district court may consolidate separate actions related to the oil or gas.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 284 (H.B. 3794), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2021.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.67.htm
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