Tex. Property Code § 53.162
This is the official text of Tex. Property Code § 53.162, part of Texas’s Property Code — governs real property, landlord-tenant law, and property transactions.
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§ 53.162. REVIVAL OF REMOVED LIEN.
Official statutory text
(a) If an order removing the lien is not stayed as provided by Section 53.161 and the claimant later obtains a final judgment in the suit establishing the validity and ordering the foreclosure of the lien, the claimant may file a certified copy of the final judgment with the county clerk.
(b) The filed judgment revives the lien, and the claimant may foreclose the lien.
(c) A lien revived under this section is void as to a creditor or subsequent purchaser for valuable consideration who obtained an interest in the property:
(1) after the order removing the lien and the certificate from the clerk of the court was filed with the county clerk; and
(2) before the final judgment reviving the lien was filed with the county clerk.
(b) The filed judgment revives the lien, and the claimant may foreclose the lien.
(c) A lien revived under this section is void as to a creditor or subsequent purchaser for valuable consideration who obtained an interest in the property:
(1) after the order removing the lien and the certificate from the clerk of the court was filed with the county clerk; and
(2) before the final judgment reviving the lien was filed with the county clerk.
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