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Texas Finance Code § 125.404

Liens and Setoffs

Credit Union Accounts and Services · Third-Party Claims and Other Rights Relating to Accounts

(a) To the extent of a member's direct or indirect indebtedness to a credit union, the credit union has:

(1) a lien, enforceable with or without judicial process, on the member's shares and deposits, accumulated dividends, and interest; and

(2) a right to set off against the member's shares, deposits, accumulated dividends, and interest.

(b) A credit union may allow a withdrawal to be made without affecting the credit union's right to a setoff or lien.

Official text of the Texas Finance Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.