Sec. 711.037. LIEN AGAINST CEMETERY PROPERTY. (a) A cemetery organization by contract may incur indebtedness as required to conduct its business and may secure the indebtedness by mortgage, deed of trust, or other lien against its property.
(b) A mortgage, deed of trust, or other lien placed on dedicated cemetery property, or on cemetery property that is later dedicated with the consent of the holder of the lien, does not affect the dedication and is subject to the dedication. A sale on foreclosure of the lien is subject to the dedication of the property for cemetery purposes.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 634, Sec. 18, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 8 - Death and Disposition of the Body
Subtitle C - Cemeteries and Crematories
Chapter 711 - General Provisions Relating to Cemeteries
Subchapter C. Cemetery Organizations
Section 711.031. Rules; Civil Penalty
Section 711.032. Discrimination by Race, Color, or National Origin Prohibited
Section 711.033. Property Acquisition by Cemetery Organization; Recording Title
Section 711.035. Effect of Dedication
Section 711.036. Removal of Dedication
Section 711.037. Lien Against Cemetery Property
Section 711.038. Sale of Plots by Cemetery Organizations
Section 711.0381. Sale or Resale of Plots by Certain Persons
Section 711.039. Rights of Interment in Plot
Section 711.0395. Multiple Interments in Same Plot
Section 711.040. Multiple Owners of Plot
Section 711.041. Access to Cemetery
Section 711.042. Authority of Nonprofit Cemetery Organization