2025 Texas Statutes
Transportation Code
Title 6 - Roadways
Subtitle E - Municipal Streets
Chapter 312 - Control of Highway Assets
Subchapter C. Hearing; Appeal; Property Lien
Section 312.044. No Lien on Exempt Property; Liability of Owner

Universal Citation:
TX Transp Code § 312.044 (2025)
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Sec. 312.044. NO LIEN ON EXEMPT PROPERTY; LIABILITY OF OWNER. (a) This chapter does not authorize a municipality to create a lien by assessment against property that by law is exempt from sale under execution.

(b) The owner of exempt property is personally liable for an assessment for the cost of an improvement fronting the property.

(c) The omission of an improvement fronting exempt property does not invalidate an assessment lien made against nonexempt property on the improved highway.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

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