A contractor, subcontractor, or owner or an officer, director, or agent of a contractor, subcontractor, or owner, who receives trust funds or who has control or direction of trust funds, is a trustee of the trust funds.
Tex. Prop. Code § 162.002
CONTRACTORS AS TRUSTEES
Applied in 14 court decisions — leading case Ferguson Trenching Co. Inc. v. Kiehne (1993)
Most recently applied in Levent Ulusal v. Lentz Engineering, L C (April 2016)
Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3721, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff
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Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.