Tex. Transportation Code § 341.004
This is the official text of Tex. Transportation Code § 341.004, part of Texas’s Transportation Code — governs vehicles, drivers, and roadways.
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§ 341.004. STATEMENT OF LOCATION; PRIORITY.
Official statutory text
(a) Not later than the 90th day after the date the building of a structure begins, the individual, corporation, or association that owns the structure shall file for record with the clerk of the county in which the greater part of the structure is located:
(1) a sworn statement showing:
(A) the location of the structure;
(B) the name and size of the structure;
(C) the name of the body of water the structure will cross;
(D) the date the work began; and
(E) the name of the individual, corporation, or association; and
(2) a map designating the location of the structure.
(b) The right of the individual, corporation, or association to build the structure relates back to the time of the filing of the statement and the map, and the first individual, corporation, or association to file has priority over a subsequent filing.
(1) a sworn statement showing:
(A) the location of the structure;
(B) the name and size of the structure;
(C) the name of the body of water the structure will cross;
(D) the date the work began; and
(E) the name of the individual, corporation, or association; and
(2) a map designating the location of the structure.
(b) The right of the individual, corporation, or association to build the structure relates back to the time of the filing of the statement and the map, and the first individual, corporation, or association to file has priority over a subsequent filing.
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