Tex. Property Code § 54.005

This is the official text of Tex. Property Code § 54.005, part of Texas’s Property Code — governs real property, landlord-tenant law, and property transactions.

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§ 54.005. REMOVAL OF PROPERTY.

Official statutory text

(a) If an advance or rent is unpaid, a tenant may not without the landlord's consent remove or permit the removal of agricultural products or other property to which the lien is attached from the leased premises.

(b) If agricultural products subject to the lien are removed with the landlord's consent from the leased premises for preparation for market, the lien continues to exist as if the products had not been removed.

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