Texas Property Code

§ 53.239 — ACTION ON BOND

PR § 53.239Title 5. EXEMPT PROPERTY AND LIENS · Part B. LIENS · Ch. 53. MECHANIC'S, CONTRACTOR'S, OR MATERIALMAN'S LIEN · Art. J. LIEN ON MONEY DUE PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTOR

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(a)A claimant must sue on the bond within six months after the bond is filed.

(b)The bond is not exhausted by one action on it. Each obligee or his assignee may maintain a separate suit on the bond in any court of jurisdiction.

Legislative history

Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3556, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.