09/04/2026
Getting paid has a first step, and most people skip it.
You finished the job. The invoice went out. Now nobody answers the phone.
Texas has a step here that is easy to miss. Before attorney's fees are on the table in a breach of contract case, the claim has to be presented to the other side, and thirty days have to pass without payment. TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE § 38.002.
The statute says present it. It does not say the demand has to be a letter. But a letter, sent so you can prove it went out, is how you show a year from now that you did.
A phone call leaves nothing behind. A text is better than nothing and worse than a letter.
If you are sitting on an unpaid invoice, that is where to start.
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📍 Fernando Leal-Calandra, Attorney · Princeton, TX
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General information, not legal advice. No attorney-client relationship is formed by this post.