{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-62.041","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Property Code § 62.041","heading":"TIME TO FILE.","body":"(a) If a broker has earned a commission under a commission agreement signed by a seller or the seller's authorized agent, a broker must record a notice of lien:\n(1) after the commission is earned; and\n(2) before the conveyance of the commercial real estate interest on which the broker is claiming a lien.\n(b) If a broker has earned a commission under a commission agreement signed by a prospective buyer or a prospective buyer's authorized agent, the broker must record a notice of lien:\n(1) after the buyer acquires legal title to the commercial real estate interest on which the broker is claiming a lien; and\n(2) before the buyer conveys the buyer's commercial real estate interest on which the broker is claiming a lien.\n(c) If the lien is based on a lease transaction, the broker must record a notice of lien after the commission is earned and before the earlier of:\n(1) the 91st day after the date the event for which the commission becomes payable occurs; or\n(2) the date the person obligated to pay the commission records a subsequent conveyance of that person's commercial real estate interest after executing the lease agreement relating to the lease transaction for which the lien is claimed.\n(d) If a notice of lien is not filed within the time required by this section, the lien is void.\nAdded by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1571, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1999.","path":["PROPERTY CODE","TITLE 5. EXEMPT PROPERTY AND LIENS","SUBTITLE B. LIENS","CHAPTER 62. BROKER'S AND APPRAISER'S LIEN ON COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE","SUBCHAPTER C. TIME FOR FILING NOTICE OF LIEN"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.62.htm#62.041","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:37Z","sha256":"5000cb20a56bed8d972008ae7fe2fec32647a012707fa77831330412cbfde1f8","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-62.031","next":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-62.061"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}