{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-53.024","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Property Code § 53.024","heading":"LIMITATION ON SUBCONTRACTOR'S LIEN.","body":"The amount of a lien claimed by a subcontractor may not exceed:\n(1) an amount equal to the proportion of the total subcontract price that the sum of the labor performed, materials furnished, materials specially fabricated, reasonable overhead costs incurred, and proportionate profit margin bears to the total subcontract price; minus\n(2) the sum of previous payments received by the claimant on the subcontract.\nActs 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3536, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.","path":["PROPERTY CODE","TITLE 5. EXEMPT PROPERTY AND LIENS","SUBTITLE B. LIENS","CHAPTER 53. MECHANIC'S, CONTRACTOR'S, OR MATERIALMAN'S LIEN","SUBCHAPTER B. PERSONS ENTITLED TO LIEN; SUBJECT PROPERTY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.53.htm#53.024","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:37Z","sha256":"1938c1cb6c30a8545e8a3bd210b6ec04ac2522b30ff7bfa50b183e54d08a67ad","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-53.023","next":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-53.025"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}