{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-711.037","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 711.037","heading":"LIEN AGAINST CEMETERY PROPERTY.","body":"(a) A cemetery organization by contract may incur indebtedness as required to conduct its business and may secure the indebtedness by mortgage, deed of trust, or other lien against its property.\n(b) A mortgage, deed of trust, or other lien placed on dedicated cemetery property, or on cemetery property that is later dedicated with the consent of the holder of the lien, does not affect the dedication and is subject to the dedication. A sale on foreclosure of the lien is subject to the dedication of the property for cemetery purposes.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 634, Sec. 18, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 8. DEATH AND DISPOSITION OF THE BODY","SUBTITLE C. CEMETERIES AND CREMATORIES","CHAPTER 711. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO CEMETERIES","SUBCHAPTER C. CEMETERY ORGANIZATIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.711.htm#711.037","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"fc40149163a7d4e6c0cc3fce5e50b2470cf7a394692e70fef8d825f05652fde0","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-711.036","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-711.038"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}