Texas Property Code 70.501 – Landowner’s Lien
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Terms Used In Texas Property Code 70.501
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
A person who owns real property in this state that is enclosed by a fence or other structure obviously designed to exclude intruders or to contain livestock or other animals may obtain from a court in this state a judgment entitling the person to a lien against the motor vehicle of a person who damages the landowner’s fence with the motor vehicle if the person who damages the landowner’s fence:
(1) owns the motor vehicle; or
(2) has the consent of the owner of the motor vehicle to drive the vehicle at the time the person damages the landowner’s fence.