Texas Transportation Code 253.009 – Lien
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(a) An assessment is secured by a lien against the real property of the assessed property owner.
(b) The lien is effective on the date written notice of the assessment is filed for record in the office of the county clerk of the county in which the property is located.
Terms Used In Texas Transportation Code 253.009
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- Written: includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(c) The written notice must be in recordable form and contain the:
(1) amount of the assessment;
(2) legal description of the property; and
(3) name and address of each property owner.
(d) An assessment lien under this chapter is inferior only to a tax lien or mortgage lien recorded before the effective date of the assessment lien.