{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-53.121","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Property Code § 53.121","heading":"PREFERENCE OVER OTHER CREDITORS.","body":"All subcontractors, laborers, and materialmen who have a mechanic's lien have preference over other creditors of the original contractor.\nActs 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3546, 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 F. PRIORITIES AND PREFERENCES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.53.htm#53.121","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:37Z","sha256":"7d80bc3719dcc9d09b03d4069e970adde284dfc09558277a58c9de27b08f6ce7","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-53.107","next":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-53.122"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}