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Tex. Prop. Code § 56.005 (2026)

Accrual Of Indebtedness

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Sec. 56.005. ACCRUAL OF INDEBTEDNESS. (a) The indebtedness for labor performed by the day or week accrues at the end of each week during which the labor is performed.

(b) The indebtedness for material or services accrues on the date the material or services were last furnished. All material or services that a person furnishes for the same land, leasehold interest, oil or gas pipeline, or oil or gas pipeline right-of-way are considered to be furnished under a single contract unless more than six months elapse between the dates the material or services are furnished.

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

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 2001–2016 · leading case: Shell W. E & P, Inc. v. Pel-State Bulk Plant, LLC, 509 S.W.3d 581 (Tex. App. 2016).

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Shell W. E & P, Inc. v. Pel-State Bulk Plant, LLC, 509 S.W.3d 581 (Tex. App. 2016). “005(b) states: “[a]ll material or services that a person furnishes for the same land, leasehold interest, oil or gas pipeline, or oil or gas pipeline right-of-way are considered to be furnished under a single contract unless more than six months elapse between the dates the…”

Rand Energy Co. v. Strata Directional Tech., Inc. (In Re Rand Energy Co.), 259 B.R. 274 (Bankr. N.D. Tex. 2001). “Tex. Prop.Code Ann. § 56.005. But the service provider has six months from that date to perfect its statutory lien.”

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