{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-70.502","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Property Code § 70.502","heading":"AMOUNT OF LIEN.","body":"The amount of a landowner's lien under this subchapter is equal to the lesser of:\n(1) the fair market value of the motor vehicle on the date the landowner's fence is damaged; or\n(2) the actual cost incurred by the landowner to:\n(A) repair the fence;\n(B) recapture any livestock or other animals that escaped as a direct result of the damage to the fence; and\n(C) have the vehicle towed from the property and stored.\nAdded by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 330 (H.B. 2931), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.","path":["PROPERTY CODE","TITLE 5. EXEMPT PROPERTY AND LIENS","SUBTITLE B. LIENS","CHAPTER 70. MISCELLANEOUS LIENS","SUBCHAPTER F. LIEN RELATED TO DAMAGED FENCE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.70.htm#70.502","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:37Z","sha256":"f1d250aa6f39c73f46d28f7cef4b5434139dcb59fecd92adba2075a5b532d5ba","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-70.501","next":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-70.503"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}