Texas Statutes
§ 53.237 — BOND REQUIREMENTS.
Texas § 53.237
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Bluebook
Tex. Property Code Code Ann. § 53.237 (2026).
Text
Sec. 53.237. BOND REQUIREMENTS. The bond must be:
(1)in an amount double the amount of the claims filed;
(2)payable to the claimants;
(3)executed by:
(A)the party filing the bond as principal; and
(B)a corporate surety authorized, admitted to do business, and licensed by the law of this state to execute the bond as surety; and
(4)conditioned that:
(A)the principal and surety will pay to the obligees named or to their assignees the amount of the claims or the portions of the claims proved to be liens under this subchapter; and
(B)the principal and surety will pay all court costs adjudged against the principal in actions brought by a claimant on the bond.
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Legislative History
Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3555, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1138, Sec. 37, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Nearby Sections
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§ 53.001
DEFINITIONS.§ 53.003
NOTICES.§ 53.021
PERSONS ENTITLED TO LIEN.§ 53.022
PROPERTY TO WHICH LIEN EXTENDS.§ 53.023
PAYMENT SECURED BY LIEN.§ 53.026
SHAM CONTRACT.§ 53.051
NECESSARY PROCEDURES.§ 53.052
FILING OF AFFIDAVIT.§ 53.054
CONTENTS OF AFFIDAVIT.§ 53.055
NOTICE OF FILED AFFIDAVIT.Cite This Page — Counsel Stack
Bluebook (online)
Texas § 53.237, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tx/PR/53.237.