Tex. Prop. Code § 54.021

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 54.021 - Lien

A person who leases or rents all or part of a building for nonresidential use has a preference lien on the property of the tenant or subtenant in the building for rent that is due and for rent that is to become due during the current 12-month period succeeding the date of the beginning of the rental agreement or an anniversary of that date.

Tex. Prop. Code § 54.021

Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 200, Sec. 2, eff. 8/26/1985.
Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3559, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. 1/1/1984.