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Tex. Prop. Code § 56.004 (2026)

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Sec. 56.004. PRIORITY. (a) The lien does not affect an encumbrance that attached to land or a leasehold before the lien's inception.

(b) The lien on material, machinery, supplies, or a specific improvement takes priority over an earlier encumbrance on the land or leasehold on which the material, machinery, supplies, or improvement is placed or located.

Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3567, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1986–2010 · leading case: 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).
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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). “Texas and Oklahoma law also provide that the inception date of a mineral contractor lien relates back to the date work was first performed or materials first supplied, but that the lien does not affect an encumbrance that attached to land or a leasehold before the lien’s…”
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). “Texas and Oklahoma law also provide that the inception date of a mineral contractor lien relates back to the date work was first performed or materials first supplied, but that the lien does not affect an encumbrance that attached to land or a leasehold before the lien’s…”
Meg Petroleum Corp. v. Halliburton Servs. (In Re Meg Petroleum Corp.), 61 B.R. 14 (Bankr. N.D. Tex. 1986). “Tex.Prop.Code Ann. § 56.004 (Vernon 1983) does not contain a comprehensive priority scheme analogous to the one delineated in Tex.”
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