Sections
7 entriesSection 8460Requires a lien-enforcement action within 90 days after recordation or the lien expires. Allows a recorded credit extension to defer suit; after…Section 8461Requires a plaintiff, within 20 days after starting a lien-enforcement action, to record notice of the action’s pendency in every county where…Section 8462Allows a court, notwithstanding the referenced civil-procedure provision, to dismiss a lien-enforcement action for want of prosecution if the action is not…Section 8464Requires the court in a lien-enforcement action to allow, as costs to every claimant whose lien is established, the amount the claimant…Section 8466Allows a deficiency judgment against a party personally liable when proceeds from a property sale under a lien-enforcement judgment are insufficient. Requires…Section 8468Establishes that this chapter does not affect a claimant’s rights to pursue a personal debt action, obtain a writ of attachment, or…Section 8470Requires a contractor to defend, at the contractor’s expense, a lien action for work provided to that contractor and allows the owner…