{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-60.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Property Code § 60.001","heading":"LIEN.","body":"A worker in the editorial, reportorial, advertising, or business department of a newspaper, periodical, or other publication who labors or performs a service for the publication under a written or an oral contract with any person has a first lien under this chapter for the amount due under the contract.\nActs 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3578, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.","path":["PROPERTY CODE","TITLE 5. EXEMPT PROPERTY AND LIENS","SUBTITLE B. LIENS","CHAPTER 60. NEWSPAPER EMPLOYEE'S LIEN"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.60.htm#60.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:37Z","sha256":"540d81605a064462af719a78a8b6f39802c491882fa58953cfc733b36da296d8","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-59.055","next":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-60.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}