{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-56.055","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 56.055","heading":"USE OF CLAUSE TO INVALIDATE ENFORCEABILITY OR PERFECTION OF MECHANIC'S LIEN PROHIBITED.","body":"A contingent payment clause may not be used as a basis for invalidation of the enforceability or perfection of a mechanic's lien under Chapter 53, Property Code.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 4.001(a), eff. September 1, 2009.","path":["BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE","TITLE 4. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES AND AGREEMENTS","CHAPTER 56. AGREEMENT FOR PAYMENT OF CONSTRUCTION SUBCONTRACTOR","SUBCHAPTER B. CONTINGENT PAYMENT CLAUSE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.56.htm#56.055","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"c4915b8b0c77fb834408c42a6ed1c087595989c9ad2764135aef1937b125a841","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-56.054","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-56.056"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}