I live in Texas also. You do not have to pay the reletting fee. The only thing you have to do by law is give your landlord 30 days written notice. If you give notice anytime other than the first of the month, you will pay either a prorated fee or the whole month, less the prorated fee.The landlord can only charge you for the months the apartment is empty and has not been rented, and they must make a good faith effort to rent the apartment to another tenaut.They cannot rent the apartment out and collect fot the remaining months left in your lease, no matter what anyone tells you. You do not need to consult a lawyer, this is a fact.They can't screw up your credit, either, by reporting you to a credit bureau if you are in good standing, up to date on your rent, and have given notice.Keep a copy of your 30 day Notice to Quit. I would send it certified mail, so there's no u201cconfusionu201d about having sent it, in case it comes up later. If you give just verbal notice, they may try and report you to a credit reporting agency, claiming you did not prthem with thirty days notice.In addition, they cannot keep your security deposit and use it to pay your rent for the months remaining on your lease (I would not deduct the security deposit toward last month's rent).They must either return your security deposit or give you a detailed statement of deductions. If they do not, you can go to court and sue for your deposit back. Put this request in writing, because if you don't the burden of proof will be on you to prove that you notifief them of your forwarding address.This is the law in Texas. I have consulted people on it so don't waste time paying an attorney who may not give you the correct information anyways.