Texas Property Code 54.042 – Exemptions
Terms Used In Texas Property Code 54.042
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
A lien under this subchapter does not attach to:
(1) wearing apparel;
(2) tools, apparatus, and books of a trade or profession;
(3) schoolbooks;
(4) a family library;
(5) family portraits and pictures;
(6) one couch, two living room chairs, and a dining table and chairs;
(7) beds and bedding;
(8) kitchen furniture and utensils;
(9) food and foodstuffs;
(10) medicine and medical supplies;
(11) one automobile and one truck;
(12) agricultural implements;
(13) children’s toys not commonly used by adults;
(14) goods that the landlord or the landlord’s agent knows are owned by a person other than the tenant or an occupant of the residence; and
(15) goods that the landlord or the landlord’s agent knows are subject to a recorded chattel mortgage or financing agreement.