{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-214.014","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 214.014","heading":"DRAINS, SINKS, AND PRIVIES.","body":"(a) The governing body of a Type A general-law municipality may, by resolution or ordinance, order the owner of a private drain, sink, or privy to fill up, clean, drain, alter, relay, repair, or improve the drain, sink, or privy.\n(b) If the order cannot be served on a person in the municipality, the municipality may have the work done on behalf of the owner. The municipality may fix a lien on the owner's property for expenses incurred in having the work done. The lien is created when the mayor of the municipality files and records a memorandum, under the seal of the municipality, with the clerk of the district court.\n(c) The municipality may enforce the lien and may obtain in any court having jurisdiction a judgment against the owner for the amount of the expenses.\n(d) The governing body may punish by a fine a person who does not comply with an order adopted under this section.\nActs 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 7. REGULATION OF LAND USE, STRUCTURES, BUSINESSES, AND RELATED ACTIVITIES","SUBTITLE A. MUNICIPAL REGULATORY AUTHORITY","CHAPTER 214. MUNICIPAL REGULATION OF HOUSING AND OTHER STRUCTURES","SUBCHAPTER B. PLUMBING AND SEWERS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.214.htm#214.014","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"a40dafc1f1a7ba378fb19b29623f2956342f2e890dccede58c3e4c5b12876231","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-214.013","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-214.015"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}