{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-56.004","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Property Code § 56.004","heading":"PRIORITY.","body":"(a) The lien does not affect an encumbrance that attached to land or a leasehold before the lien's inception.\n(b) The lien on material, machinery, supplies, or a specific improvement takes priority over an earlier encumbrance on the land or leasehold on which the material, machinery, supplies, or improvement is placed or located.\nActs 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3567, 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#56.004","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:37Z","sha256":"c1b7b2bfc0e70374c4c05299e45d07164f95c9f71bd200e34d3fb00550594630","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-56.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-56.005"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}