Tex. Prop. Code § 70.502 · Subchapter F. LIEN RELATED TO DAMAGED FENCE
AMOUNT OF LIEN.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The amount of a landowner's lien under this subchapter is equal to the lesser of:
(1) the fair market value of the motor vehicle on the date the landowner's fence is damaged; or
(2) the actual cost incurred by the landowner to:
(A) repair the fence;
(B) recapture any livestock or other animals that escaped as a direct result of the damage to the fence; and
(C) have the vehicle towed from the property and stored.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 330 (H.B. 2931), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.70.htm
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- 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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