Texas Property Code - PROP § 53.057. Derivative Claimant: Notice of Claim for Unpaid Retainage

(a) To the extent that a claim for unpaid retainage is not included wholly or partly in a notice provided under Section 53.056, a claimant other than an original contractor whose contract provides for retainage must give notice under this section for a lien for unpaid retainage to be valid.

(a-1) The claimant must send the notice of claim for unpaid retainage to the owner or reputed owner and the original contractor not later than the earlier of:

(a-2) The notice must be in substantially the following form:

“NOTICE OF CLAIM FOR UNPAID RETAINAGE

“WARNING: This notice is provided to preserve lien rights.

“Owner's property may be subject to a lien if sufficient funds are

not withheld from future payments to the original contractor to

cover this debt.

“Date:_______________________________

“Project description and/or address: _________________________

“Claimant's name: _______________________________

“Type of labor or materials provided: _________________________

“Original contractor's name: _______________________________

“Party with whom claimant contracted if different from original contractor: _______________________________

“Total retainage unpaid: _______________________________

“_______________________________ (Claimant's contact person)

“_______________________________ (Claimant's address)”

(a-3) The notice may include an invoice or billing statement.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., ch. 690 (H.B. 2237), § 36(5).

(b-1) Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., ch. 690 (H.B. 2237), § 36(5).

(c) Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., ch. 690 (H.B. 2237), § 36(5).

(d) Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., ch. 690 (H.B. 2237), § 36(5).

(e) Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., ch. 690 (H.B. 2237), § 36(5).

(f) A claimant has a lien on, and the owner is personally liable to the claimant for, the reserved funds under Subchapter E if the claimant:

(g) Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., ch. 690 (H.B. 2237), § 36(5).