Texas Statutes
§ 56.043 — RETENTION OF PAYMENT.
Texas § 56.043
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Bluebook
Tex. Property Code Code Ann. § 56.043 (2026).
Text
Sec. 56.043. RETENTION OF PAYMENT. A property owner who is served with a mineral subcontractor's notice may withhold payment to the contractor in the amount claimed until the debt on which the lien is based is settled or determined to be not owed. The owner is not liable to the subcontractor for more than the amount that the owner owes the original contractor when the notice is received.
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Legislative History
Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3569, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.
Nearby Sections
15
§ 56.001
DEFINITIONS.§ 56.002
LIEN.§ 56.003
PROPERTY SUBJECT TO LIEN.§ 56.004
PRIORITY.§ 56.005
ACCRUAL OF INDEBTEDNESS.§ 56.006
LIABILITY OF OWNER.§ 56.021
SECURING LIEN.§ 56.022
CONTENTS OF AFFIDAVIT.§ 56.024
FILING IN NEW COUNTY.§ 56.041
ENFORCEMENT.§ 56.042
SALE OR REMOVAL OF PROPERTY.§ 56.043
RETENTION OF PAYMENT.§ 56.044
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Bluebook (online)
Texas § 56.043, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tx/PR/56.043.