TITLE: Relating to the notice to vacate required to be given by a landlord to a tenant before filing an eviction suit.

SUMMARY: Relating to the notice to vacate required to be given by a landlord to a tenant before filing an eviction suit.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the notice to vacate required to be given by a landlord to a tenant before filing an eviction suit. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 24.005(f), Property Code, is amended to read as follows: (f) The notice to vacate shall be given in person or by mail at the premises in question. Notice in person may be by personal delivery to the tenant or any person residing at the premises who is 16 years of age or older or personal delivery to the premises by securely [and] affixing the notice to the inside or outside of the main entry door. Notice by mail may be by regular mail, by registered mail, or by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the premises in question. [If the dwelling has no mailbox and has a keyless bolting device, alarm system, or dangerous animal that prevents the landlord from entering the premises to leave the notice to vacate on the inside of the main entry door, the landlord may securely affix the notice on the outside of the main entry door.] SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.