Texas Property Code

§ 54.003 — EXCEPTIONS

PR § 54.003Title 5. EXEMPT PROPERTY AND LIENS · Part B. LIENS · Ch. 54. LANDLORD'S LIENS · Art. A. AGRICULTURAL LANDLORD'S LIEN

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The lien does not arise if:

(1)a tenant provides everything necessary to cultivate the leased premises and the landlord charges rent of more than one-third of the value of the grain and one-fourth of the value of the cotton grown on the premises; or

(2)a landlord provides everything except the labor and directly or indirectly charges rent of more than one-half of the value of the grain and cotton grown on the premises.

Legislative history

Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3558, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.