{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-5.024","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Property Code § 5.024","heading":"ENCUMBRANCES.","body":"\"Encumbrance\" includes a tax, an assessment, and a lien on real property.\nActs 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3482, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.","path":["PROPERTY CODE","TITLE 2. CONVEYANCES","CHAPTER 5. CONVEYANCES","SUBCHAPTER B. FORM AND CONSTRUCTION OF INSTRUMENTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.5.htm#5.024","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:37Z","sha256":"60018c9715cb7e96d84cd07086ad8fbaad2001192c322edc78e36f9daf76ccd8","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-5.023","next":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-5.025"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}