Tex. Property Code § 209.009
This is the official text of Tex. Property Code § 209.009, part of Texas’s Property Code — governs real property, landlord-tenant law, and property transactions.
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§ 209.009. FORECLOSURE SALE PROHIBITED IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.
Official statutory text
A property owners' association may not foreclose a property owners' association's assessment lien if the debt securing the lien consists solely of:
(1) fines assessed by the association;
(2) attorney's fees incurred by the association solely associated with fines assessed by the association; or
(3) amounts added to the owner's account as an assessment under Section 209.005(i) or 209.0057(b-4).
(1) fines assessed by the association;
(2) attorney's fees incurred by the association solely associated with fines assessed by the association; or
(3) amounts added to the owner's account as an assessment under Section 209.005(i) or 209.0057(b-4).
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