Tex. Water Code § 58.309 · Subchapter G. WATER CHARGES AND ASSESSMENTS
LIEN AGAINST CROPS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The district shall have a first lien, superior to all other liens, against all crops grown on a tract of land in the district to secure the payment of an assessment imposed against the tract under Section 58.305(a), interest, and collection or attorney's fees.
(b) If the crops against which the district has a lien under this section are cultivated on a basis other than annual replanting, the owner of the crops shall record with the county clerk of the county where the land on which the crops are cultivated is located a legally sufficient description of the land, including a metes and bounds description or a plat reference.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1537, ch. 627, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 90 (S.B. 611), Sec. 35, eff. September 1, 2013.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.58.htm
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