{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-56.043","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Property Code § 56.043","heading":"RETENTION OF PAYMENT.","body":"A property owner who is served with a mineral subcontractor's notice may withhold payment to the contractor in the amount claimed until the debt on which the lien is based is settled or determined to be not owed. The owner is not liable to the subcontractor for more than the amount that the owner owes the original contractor when the notice is received.\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#56.043","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:37Z","sha256":"a80dd16f923d78553a8afd970662edb2fa37161767be14aa695ea3cc9c429cc8","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-56.042","next":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-56.044"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}