{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-56.042","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Property Code § 56.042","heading":"SALE OR REMOVAL OF PROPERTY.","body":"(a) A mineral property owner, contractor, subcontractor, or purchaser or an agent, trustee, or receiver of one of those persons may not sell property to which the lien has attached or remove it from the land on which it was to be used, unless the lienholder consents in writing.\n(b) On a violation of this section, a lienholder is entitled to possession of the property regardless of where it is found, and the lienholder may have the property sold to satisfy the debt on which the lien is based regardless of whether the debt is due.\nActs 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3569, 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 C. ENFORCEMENT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.56.htm#56.042","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:37Z","sha256":"908eed81279ba2de46a31d9262a2878e980c0d35c5f5d576e2d18a2c973d105d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-56.041","next":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-56.043"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}