{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-501.115","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 501.115","heading":"DISCHARGE OF LIEN.","body":"(a) When a debt or claim secured by a lien has been satisfied, the lienholder shall, within a reasonable time not to exceed the maximum time allowed by Section 348.408 or 353.405(b), Finance Code, as applicable, execute and deliver to the owner, or the owner's designee, a discharge of the lien in a manner prescribed by the department.\n(b) The owner may submit the discharge and title to the department for a new title.\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 296, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. May 28, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 117 (H.B. 2559), Sec. 24, eff. September 1, 2011.\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1296 (H.B. 2357), Sec. 54, eff. January 1, 2012.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC","SUBTITLE A. CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES","CHAPTER 501. CERTIFICATE OF TITLE ACT","SUBCHAPTER F. SECURITY INTERESTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.501.htm#501.115","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"f5fe5929a969e1a1cc95849bdb9a9fb278b918c432c20795f8c51fa40e67df0f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-501.114","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-501.116"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}