BOND
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Staff Industries, Inc. v. Hallmark Contracting, Inc. (1993)
Most recently applied in Scoggins Construction Co. v. Dealers Electrical Supply Co. (February 2008)
Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3551, 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.
(a) An original contractor who has a written contract with the owner may furnish at any time a bond for the benefit of claimants.
(b) If a valid bond is filed, a claimant may not file suit against the owner or the owner's property and the owner is relieved of obligations under Subchapter D or E.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.