Tex. Transportation Code § 312.044
This is the official text of Tex. Transportation Code § 312.044, part of Texas’s Transportation Code — governs vehicles, drivers, and roadways.
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§ 312.044. NO LIEN ON EXEMPT PROPERTY; LIABILITY OF OWNER.
Official statutory text
(a) This chapter does not authorize a municipality to create a lien by assessment against property that by law is exempt from sale under execution.
(b) The owner of exempt property is personally liable for an assessment for the cost of an improvement fronting the property.
(c) The omission of an improvement fronting exempt property does not invalidate an assessment lien made against nonexempt property on the improved highway.
(b) The owner of exempt property is personally liable for an assessment for the cost of an improvement fronting the property.
(c) The omission of an improvement fronting exempt property does not invalidate an assessment lien made against nonexempt property on the improved highway.
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