Tex. Property Code § 62.122
This is the official text of Tex. Property Code § 62.122, part of Texas’s Property Code — governs real property, landlord-tenant law, and property transactions.
Not legal advice. This page reproduces the official text of a government statute for reference only. Laws change, and how a statute applies depends on your specific facts. For advice about your situation, consult a licensed attorney in your state.
§ 62.122. BOND REQUIREMENTS.
Official statutory text
The bond must:
(1) describe the commercial real estate on which the lien is claimed;
(2) refer to the lien claimed in a manner sufficient to identify it;
(3) be in an amount that is double the amount of the lien referred to in the bond as of the date of execution of the bond by the surety, unless the total amount claimed in the lien exceeds $40,000, in which case the bond must be in an amount that is 1-1/2 times the amount of the lien;
(4) be payable to the party claiming the lien;
(5) be executed by:
(A) the party filing the bond as principal; and
(B) a corporate surety licensed by this state to execute the bond as surety;
(6) be conditioned substantially that the principal and sureties will pay the named obligees or their assignees the amount that the named obligees would have been entitled to recover if their claim had been proved to be valid and enforceable liens on the commercial real estate; and
(7) identify the last known mailing address of the person claiming the lien.
(1) describe the commercial real estate on which the lien is claimed;
(2) refer to the lien claimed in a manner sufficient to identify it;
(3) be in an amount that is double the amount of the lien referred to in the bond as of the date of execution of the bond by the surety, unless the total amount claimed in the lien exceeds $40,000, in which case the bond must be in an amount that is 1-1/2 times the amount of the lien;
(4) be payable to the party claiming the lien;
(5) be executed by:
(A) the party filing the bond as principal; and
(B) a corporate surety licensed by this state to execute the bond as surety;
(6) be conditioned substantially that the principal and sureties will pay the named obligees or their assignees the amount that the named obligees would have been entitled to recover if their claim had been proved to be valid and enforceable liens on the commercial real estate; and
(7) identify the last known mailing address of the person claiming the lien.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
Dealing with a real estate matter in Texas?
See all Texas Real Estate lawyers
About this page: Statute text is reproduced from official government publishers via the
Open US Law dataset
(Vaquill AI, snapshot v2026.08, CC BY 4.0). Primary legislative text like this is public domain under the government-edicts doctrine
(Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). We link every section back to its official source so you can verify it independently.