Tex. Property Code § 56.044
This is the official text of Tex. Property Code § 56.044, part of Texas’s Property Code — governs real property, landlord-tenant law, and property transactions.
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§ 56.044. FORFEITURE OF LEASEHOLD.
Official statutory text
Forfeiture of a leasehold does not impair a lien on material, machinery, supplies, or an improvement located on the leasehold if:
(1) the lien attached to the property before the leasehold was forfeited;
(2) the property is not permanently attached to the land; and
(3) the lienholder pays the owner of the land the damages caused to the land by removal of the property.
(1) the lien attached to the property before the leasehold was forfeited;
(2) the property is not permanently attached to the land; and
(3) the lienholder pays the owner of the land the damages caused to the land by removal of the property.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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