PAYMENT SECURED BY LIEN
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Lyda Swinerton Builders, Inc. v. Cathay Bank (2013)
Most recently applied in Addison Urban Development Partners, LLC v. Alan Ritchey Materials Company, LC (July 2014)
Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3536, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
The lien secures payment for:
(1) the labor done or material furnished for the construction, repair, design, survey, or demolition; or
(2) the specially fabricated material, even if the material has not been delivered or incorporated into the construction or repair, less its fair salvage value.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.