Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Property Code § 56.043: RETENTION OF PAYMENT.

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PROPERTY CODE
TITLE 5. EXEMPT PROPERTY AND LIENS
SUBTITLE B. LIENS
CHAPTER 56. LIENS AGAINST MINERAL PROPERTY
SUBCHAPTER C. ENFORCEMENT

A property owner who is served with a mineral subcontractor's notice may withhold payment to the contractor in the amount claimed until the debt on which the lien is based is settled or determined to be not owed. The owner is not liable to the subcontractor for more than the amount that the owner owes the original contractor when the notice is received.

Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3569, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.

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