Texas Property Code Title 5, Chapter 70 - Miscellaneous Liens

SUBCHAPTER A POSSESSORY LIENS

• Texas Section 70.001 - Worker's Lien
  (a) A worker in this state who by labor repairs an article, including a vehicle, motorboat, vessel, or outboard motor, may retain possession of the...
• Texas Section 70.002 - Liens On Garments
  A person with whom a garment is left for repair, alteration, dyeing, cleaning, laundering, or pressing may retain possession of the garment until: (1) the...
• Texas Section 70.003 - Stable Keeper's, Garageman's, Pasturer's, And Cotton Ginner's Lien's
  (a) A stable keeper with whom an animal is left for care has a lien on the animal for the amount of the charges for...
• Texas Section 70.004 - Possession Of Motor Vehicle, Motorboat, Vessel, Or Outboard Motor
  (a) A holder of a lien under Section 70.003 on a motor vehicle, motorboat, vessel, or outboard motor who obtains possession of the motor vehicle,...
• Texas Section 70.005 - Sale Of Property
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a person holding a lien under this subchapter on property other than a motor vehicle subject to Chapter...
• Texas Section 70.006 - Sale Of Motor Vehicle, Motorboat, Vessel, Or Outboard Motor
  (a) A holder of a lien under this subchapter on a motor vehicle subject to Chapter 501, Transportation Code, or on a motorboat, vessel, or...
• Texas Section 70.007 - Unclaimed Excess
  (a) If a person entitled to excess proceeds under this subchapter is not known or has moved from this state or the county in which...
• Texas Section 70.008 - Attorney's Fees
  The court in a suit concerning possession of a motor vehicle, motorboat, vessel, or outboard motor and a debt due on it may award reasonable...
• Texas Section 70.009 - Plastic Fabricator Liens
  (a) A plastic fabricator has a lien on any die, mold, form, or pattern in his possession that belongs to a customer for the amount...

SUBCHAPTER B LIENS ON VESSELS

• Texas Section 70.010 - Liens For Veterinary Care Charges For Large Animals
  (a) In this section, "large animal" means exotic livestock or a cow, horse, mule, ass, sheep, goat, llama, alpaca, farm elk, or hog. The term...
• Texas Section 70.101 - General Lien On Vessels
  A person who furnishes supplies or materials or who performs repairs or labor for or on account of a domestic vessel that is owned in...
• Texas Section 70.102 - Lien Of Navigation District Or Port
  (a) A navigation district or port within the territorial limits of this state that furnishes supplies or materials, performs repairs or labor, or provides a...
• Texas Section 70.103 - Property Subject To Lien
  A lien under this subchapter attaches to the vessel and its tackle, apparel, furniture, and freight money. Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3583, ch. 576,...

SUBCHAPTER C STOCK BREEDER'S LIEN

• Texas Section 70.104 - Persons Who May Bind Vessel
  (a) The following persons are presumed to be authorized by the owner of a vessel to incur charges that give rise to a lien under...
• Texas Section 70.201 - Stock Breeder's Lien
  An owner or keeper of a stallion, jack, bull, or boar confined to be bred for profit has a preference lien on the offspring of...

SUBCHAPTER D AIRCRAFT REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE LIEN

• Texas Section 70.202 - Enforcement Of Lien
  The lien may be enforced in the same manner as a statutory landlord's lien. The lien remains in force for 10 months from the day...
• Texas Section 70.301 - Lien
  (a) A person who stores, fuels, repairs, or performs maintenance work on an aircraft has a lien on the aircraft for: (1) the amount due...
• Texas Section 70.302 - Possession
  (a) A holder of a lien under this subchapter may retain possession of the aircraft subject to the lien until the amount due is paid....
• Texas Section 70.303 - Recording Of Lien: Aircraft Registered In United States
  A holder of a lien under this subchapter may record the lien on the aircraft by filing with the Federal Aviation Administration Aircraft Registry not...
• Texas Section 70.3031 - Recording Of Lien: Aircraft Not Registered In United States
  (a) A holder of a lien under this subchapter on an aircraft that is registered in a nation other than the United States or that...
• Texas Section 70.304 - Notice To Owner And Lienholders
  (a) Not later than the 60th day after the date of the completion of the contractual storage period or the performance of the last fueling,...
• Texas Section 70.305 - Sale Of Aircraft
  If the holder of a lien under this subchapter provides the notice required by Section 70.304 and the amount due remains unpaid after the 90th...
• Texas Section 70.306 - Attorney's Fees
  The court in a suit brought under this subchapter may award reasonable attorney's fees to the prevailing party. Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch....

SUBCHAPTER E AGRICULTURAL LIENS

• Texas Section 70.307 - Criminal Offense: Improperly Obtaining Possession Of Aircraft Subject To Lien
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person, through surreptitious removal or by trick, fraud, or device perpetrated on the holder of the lien,...
• Texas Section 70.401 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Agricultural crop" means a plant product that is grown, produced, or harvested as a result of an agricultural producer's farm operation....
• Texas Section 70.402 - Lien Created
  (a) An agricultural producer who, under a contract with a contract purchaser, is to receive consideration for selling an agricultural crop grown, produced, or harvested...
• Texas Section 70.403 - When Lien Attaches
  A lien created under this subchapter attaches on the date on which physical possession of the agricultural crop is delivered or transferred by the agricultural...
• Texas Section 70.404 - Applicability Of Other Law
  Except as provided by Section 70.4045, Chapter 9, Business & Commerce Code, including applicable filing and perfection requirements, applies to a lien created under this...
• Texas Section 70.4045 - Perfection And Priority Of Agricultural Lien On Crops
  (a) Notwithstanding Chapter 9, Business & Commerce Code, a lien created under this subchapter is perfected at the time the lien attaches under Section 70.403...
• Texas Section 70.405 - Duration Of Lien
  A lien created under this subchapter expires on the first anniversary of the date of attachment. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 732, Sec....
• Texas Section 70.406 - Effect Of Lien; Recovery
  (a) A buyer in ordinary course of business of an agricultural crop, including a person who buys any portion of an agricultural crop from a...
• Texas Section 70.407 - Discharge Of Lien
  (a) A lien created under this subchapter is discharged when: (1) the lienholder receives full payment for the agricultural crop; or (2) payment is tendered...
• Texas Section 70.408 - Joinder Of Actions
  Persons claiming a lien against the same agricultural crop under this subchapter may join in the same action, and if separate actions are commenced, the...
• Texas Section 70.409 - Recovery Of Costs
  An agricultural producer who prevails in an action brought to enforce a lien created under this subchapter is entitled to recover: (1) reasonable and necessary...
• Texas Section 70.410 - Waiver Of Certain Rights Prohibited
  An agricultural producer's agreement with a contract purchaser to waive the producer's right to seek a remedy provided by this subchapter is void. Added by...
• Texas Section 70.501 - Landowner's Lien
  A person who owns real property in this state that is enclosed by a fence or other structure obviously designed to exclude intruders or to...
• Texas Section 70.502 - Amount Of Lien
  The amount of a landowner's lien under this subchapter is equal to the lesser of: (1) the fair market value of the motor vehicle on...
• Texas Section 70.503 - Property To Which Lien Attaches
  A landowner's lien under this chapter attaches only to a motor vehicle that causes damage to a fence as described by Section 70.501. Added by...
• Texas Section 70.504 - Perfecting Lien
  A landowner may perfect a lien under this subchapter in the manner provided by Subchapter F, Chapter 501, Transportation Code. Added by Acts 2007, 80th...
• Texas Section 70.505 - Expiration And Discharge Of Lien
  A lien under this subchapter does not expire and is discharged only when the landowner receives payment of the lien. Added by Acts 2007, 80th...
• Texas Section 70.506 - Removal Of Vehicle From Landowner's Property
  A landowner whose fence is damaged by a motor vehicle that is then abandoned on the owner's property, or the landowner's agent, may: (1) select...

Last modified: September 28, 2016