{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-56.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Property Code § 56.001","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this chapter:\n(1) \"Mineral activities\" means digging, drilling, torpedoing, operating, completing, maintaining, or repairing an oil, gas, or water well, an oil or gas pipeline, or a mine or quarry.\n(2) \"Mineral contractor\" means a person who performs labor or furnishes or hauls material, machinery, or supplies used in mineral activities under an express or implied contract with a mineral property owner or with a trustee, agent, or receiver of a mineral property owner.\n(3) \"Mineral property owner\" means an owner of land, an oil, gas, or other mineral leasehold, an oil or gas pipeline, or an oil or gas pipeline right-of-way.\n(4) \"Mineral subcontractor\" means a person who:\n(A) furnishes or hauls material, machinery, or supplies used in mineral activities under contract with a mineral contractor or with a subcontractor;\n(B) performs labor used in mineral activities under contract with a mineral contractor; or\n(C) performs labor used in mineral activities as an artisan or day laborer employed by a subcontractor.\nActs 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3565, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.","path":["PROPERTY CODE","TITLE 5. EXEMPT PROPERTY AND LIENS","SUBTITLE B. LIENS","CHAPTER 56. LIENS AGAINST MINERAL PROPERTY","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.56.htm#56.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:37Z","sha256":"0e19179d790d91f360cbf8b9c74788bf022906c6f6523ee746218e1ff993c845","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-55.008","next":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-56.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}