{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-53.239","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Property Code § 53.239","heading":"ACTION ON BOND.","body":"(a) A claimant must sue on the bond within six months after the bond is filed.\n(b) The bond is not exhausted by one action on it. Each obligee or his assignee may maintain a separate suit on the bond in any court of jurisdiction.\nActs 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3556, 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#53.239","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:37Z","sha256":"da6c20fc9d3ab512c26ce3f7c8754f8785368202a8da8dd0406ffafb81718b67","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-53.238","next":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-53.251"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}