Tex. Property Code § 53.204

This is the official text of Tex. Property Code § 53.204, part of Texas’s Property Code — governs real property, landlord-tenant law, and property transactions.

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§ 53.204. RELIANCE ON RECORD.

Official statutory text

A purchaser, lender, or other person acquiring an interest in the owner's property or an insurer of title is entitled to rely on the record of the bond and contract as constituting payment of all claims and liens for labor, subcontracts, materials, or specially fabricated materials incurred by the original contractor as if the purchaser, lender, or other person acquiring an interest in the owner's property or an insurer of title were the owner who approved, accepted, and endorsed the bond and as if each person furnishing labor or materials for the work performed under the original contract, other than the original contractor, had filed a complete release and relinquishment of lien of record.

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