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Tex. Prop. Code § 56.002 (2026)

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Sec. 56.002. LIEN. A mineral contractor or subcontractor has a lien to secure payment for labor or services related to the mineral activities.

Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3566, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1990–2022 · leading case: Noble Expl., Inc. v. Nixon Drilling Co., Inc., 794 S.W.2d 589 (Tex. App. 1990).
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Noble Expl., Inc. v. Nixon Drilling Co., Inc., 794 S.W.2d 589 (Tex. App. 1990). “Noble brings two points of error, arguing that the district court erred in admitting certain evidence and in rendering judgment in favor of Nixon because the evidence established as a matter of law that instruments filed by Nixon were insufficient to fix and secure a lien under…”
Holt Texas, Ltd. v. Zayler (In Re T.S.C. Seiber Servs., L.C.), 771 F.3d 246 (5th Cir. 2014). · cites it 2× “” Tex. Prop.Code § 56.002. Further, Texas “lien statutes .”
Shell W. E & P, Inc. v. Pel-State Bulk Plant, LLC, 509 S.W.3d 581 (Tex. App. 2016). “” Tex. Prop. Code Ann. § 56.002 (West 2014).”
Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations, Inc. v. Union Bank of California, N.A. (In Re Cornerstone E & P Co.), 436 B.R. 830 (Bankr. N.D. Tex. 2010). “Tex. Prop.Code § 56.002; 42 Okla. Stat. § 144, 145.”
Bandera Drilling Co. v. Lavino, 824 S.W.2d 782 (Tex. App. 1992). “TEX.PROP.CODE ANN. § 56.002 (Vernon 1984).”
Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations, Inc. v. Union Bank of California, N.A. (In Re Cornerstone E & P Co.), 435 B.R. 390 (Bankr. N.D. Tex. 2010). “Tex. Prop.Code § 56.002; 42 Okla. Stat. §§ 144, 145.”
Nova Mud, Inc. v. Sandra H. Staley, Individually as Indep. of the Est. of George G. Staley, & as Tr. of the Tax Free Trust for Sandra H. Staley (Tex. App. 2019). “See TEX.PROP.CODE ANN. § 56.002 (allowing a mineral contractor or subcontractor to have a lien to secure payment for labor or services related to mineral activities).”
ELG Oil, LLC & ELG Util., LLC v. Stranco Servs., LLC (Tex. App. 2019). “” TEX. PROP. CODE ANN. § 56.002. A “mineral subcontractor” is defined, in pertinent part, as a person who: (A) furnishes or hauls material, machinery, or supplies used in mineral activities under contract with a mineral contractor or with a subcontractor; or (B) performs labor…”
Pearl Resources LLC v. Allied OFS LLC (Bankr. S.D. Tex. 2022). “”113 And a “mineral subcontractor” is defined as a person who “furnishes or hauls material, machinery, or supplies used in mineral activities under contract with a mineral contractor or with a subcontractor; performs labor used in mineral activities under contract with a mineral…”
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