PRIORITY — Texas Code § PR.62.028
Texas Code § PR.62.028 — PRIORITY. Reproduced from the official The Texas Constitution, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ PR.62.028. PRIORITY
PRIORITY. (a) A recorded lien, mortgage, or other encumbrance on commercial real estate, including a recorded lien securing revolving credit and future advances for a loan, recorded before the date a broker's lien is recorded has priority over the broker's lien. (b) A broker's lien on the commercial real estate interest of a person obligated to pay a commission is not valid or enforceable against a grantee, buyer, lessee, or transferee of the interest of the person obligated to pay the commission if the deed, lease, or instrument transferring the interest is recorded before the notice of the broker's lien is recorded. (c) A purchase-money mortgage lien executed by the buyer of the commercial real estate interest has priority over a broker's lien claimed for the commission owed by the buyer against the commercial real estate interest purchased by the buyer. (d) A mechanic's lien that is recorded after a broker's lien and that relates back to a date before the date the broker's lien is recorded has priority over the broker's lien. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1571, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1999.
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- Citation: The Texas Constitution § PR.62.028
- Jurisdiction: Texas
- Code: The Texas Constitution
- Subject: PRIORITY
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