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Texas Property Code § 162.006

Construction Account Required in Certain Circumstances

Construction Payments, Loan Receipts, and Misapplication of Trust Funds · Construction Payments and Loan Receipts

(a) A contractor who enters into a written contract with a property owner to construct improvements to a residential homestead for an amount exceeding $5,000 shall deposit the trust funds in a construction account in a financial institution.

(b) The periodic statement received from the financial institution must refer to the account as a "construction account" to satisfy the requirements of this section.

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

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1018, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Sections that refer to this one

§ 162.001§ 162.003§ 162.005§ 162.032