Tex. Agriculture Code § 147.005

This is the official text of Tex. Agriculture Code § 147.005, part of Texas’s Agriculture Code — regulates farming, livestock, and agricultural commerce.

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§ 147.005. DEPOSIT OF PROCEEDS IN DISPUTE.

Official statutory text

(a) If the proceeds of a sale of livestock by a commission merchant become involved in a dispute between contending claimants, or if the commission merchant is notified that a person other than the person who consigned the livestock asserts a right to the proceeds, the commission merchant shall deposit the net proceeds of the sale in a state or national bank in the city or county of the commission merchant's principal place of business.

(b) The commission merchant shall promptly notify all interested parties of the deposit of proceeds in a bank under Subsection (a) of this section.

(c) Following the deposit of the proceeds and the giving of notice under this section, neither the commission merchant nor the bond of the commission merchant is liable for those funds.

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