{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-53.235","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Property Code § 53.235","heading":"OFFICIAL TO RETAIN FUNDS.","body":"A public official who receives the notice may not pay all of the money, bonds, or warrants due the contractor, but shall retain enough to pay the claim for which notice is given.\nActs 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3555, 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 J. LIEN ON MONEY DUE PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTOR"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.53.htm#53.235","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:37Z","sha256":"699a5a2d9f2b1a2bb2b429d4a03c18701969b91c049a3e5d2044a94d13cad3f1","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-53.234","next":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-53.236"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}