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TX Prop § 92.162 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 8 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 92 - Residential Tenancies|Subchapter D. Security Devices|Section 92.162. Payment of Charges; Limits on Amount Charged

Sec. 92.162.  PAYMENT OF CHARGES;  LIMITS ON AMOUNT CHARGED.  (a)  A landlord may not require a tenant to pay for repair or replacement of a security device due to normal wear and tear.  A landlord may not require a tenant to pay for other repairs or replacements of a security device except as provided by Subsections (b), (c), and (d).(b)  A landlord may require a tenant to pay for repair or replacement of a security device if an underlined provision in a written lease authorizes the landlord to do so and the repair or replacement is necessitated by misuse or damage by the tenant, a member of the tenant's family, an occupant, or a guest, and not by normal wear and tear.  Misuse of or damage to a security device that occurs during the tenant's occupancy is presumed to be caused by the tenant, a family member, an occupant, or a guest.  The tenant has the burden of proving that the misuse or damage was caused by another party.(c)  A landlord may require a tenant to pay in advance charges for which the tenant is liable under this subchapter if a written lease authorizes the landlord to require advance payment, and the landlord notifies the tenant within a reasonable time after the tenant's request that advance payment is required, and:(1)  the tenant is more than 30 days delinquent in reimbursing the landlord for charges to which the landlord is entitled under Subsection (b);  or(2)  the tenant requested that the landlord repair, install, change, or rekey the same security device during the 30 days preceding the tenant's request, and the landlord complied with the request.(d)  A landlord authorized by this subchapter to charge a tenant for repairing, installing, changing, or rekeying a security device under this subchapter may not require the tenant to pay more than the total cost charged by a third-party contractor for material, labor, taxes, and extra keys.  If the landlord's employees perform the work, the charge may include a reasonable amount for overhead but may not include a profit to the landlord.  If management company employees perform the work, the charge may include reasonable overhead and profit but may not exceed the cost charged to the owner by the management company for comparable security devices installed by management company employees at the owner's request and expense.(e)  The owner of a dwelling shall reimburse a management company, managing agent, or on-site manager for costs expended by that person in complying with this subchapter.  A management company, managing agent, or on-site manager may reimburse itself for the costs from the owner's funds in its possession or control.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 357, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Prop § 92.163 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 8 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 92 - Residential Tenancies|Subchapter D. Security Devices|Section 92.163. Removal or Alteration of Security Device by Tenant

Sec. 92.163.  REMOVAL OR ALTERATION OF SECURITY DEVICE BY TENANT.  A security device that is installed, changed, or rekeyed under this subchapter becomes a fixture of the dwelling.  Except as provided by Section 92.164(a)(1) or 92.165(1) regarding the remedy of repair-and-deduct, a tenant may not remove, change, rekey, replace, or alter a security device or have it removed, changed, rekeyed, replaced, or altered without permission of the landlord.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 357, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Prop § 92.1641 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 8 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 92 - Residential Tenancies|Subchapter D. Security Devices|Section 92.1641. Landlord's Defenses Relating to Installing or Rekeying Certain Security Devices

Sec. 92.1641.  LANDLORD'S DEFENSES RELATING TO INSTALLING OR REKEYING CERTAIN SECURITY DEVICES.  The landlord has a defense to liability under Section 92.164 if:(1)  the tenant has not fully paid all rent then due from the tenant on the date the tenant gives a request under Section 92.157(c) or the notice required by Section 92.164; or(2)  on the date the tenant terminates the lease or files suit the tenant has not fully paid costs requested by the landlord and authorized by Section 92.162.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3645, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.  Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 48, Sec. 17, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Renumbered from Sec. 92.158 and amended 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 17.001(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1072 (H.B. 2404), Sec. 3, eff. January 1, 2016.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1198 (S.B. 1367), Sec. 8, eff. January 1, 2016.|
TX Prop § 92.165 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 8 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 92 - Residential Tenancies|Subchapter D. Security Devices|Section 92.165. Tenant Remedies for Other Landlord Violations

Sec. 92.165.  TENANT REMEDIES FOR OTHER LANDLORD VIOLATIONS.  If a landlord does not comply with a tenant's request regarding rekeying, changing, adding, repairing, or replacing a security device under Section 92.156(b), 92.157, or 92.158 in accordance with the time limits and other requirements of this subchapter, the tenant may:(1)  install, repair, change, replace, or rekey the security devices as required by this subchapter and deduct the reasonable cost of material, labor, taxes, and extra keys from the tenant's next rent payment in accordance with Section 92.166;(2)  unilaterally terminate the lease without court proceedings;  and(3)  file suit against the landlord and obtain a judgment for:(A)  a court order directing the landlord to comply, if the tenant is in possession of the dwelling;(B)  the tenant's actual damages;(C)  punitive damages if the tenant suffers actual damages and the landlord's failure to comply is intentional, malicious, or grossly negligent;(D)  a civil penalty of one month's rent plus $500;(E)  court costs;  and(F)  attorney's fees except in suits for recovery of property damages, personal injuries, or wrongful death.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 357, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Prop § 92.166 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 8 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 92 - Residential Tenancies|Subchapter D. Security Devices|Section 92.166. Notice of Tenant's Deduction of Repair Costs From Rent

Sec. 92.166.  NOTICE OF TENANT'S DEDUCTION OF REPAIR COSTS FROM RENT.  (a)  A tenant shall notify the landlord of a rent deduction attributable to the tenant's installing, repairing, changing, replacing, or rekeying of a security device under Section 92.164(a)(1) or 92.165(1) after the landlord's failure to comply with this subchapter.  The notice must be given at the time of the reduced rent payment.(b)  Unless otherwise provided in a written lease, a tenant shall provide one duplicate of the key to any key-operated security device installed or rekeyed by the tenant under Section 92.164(a)(1) or 92.165(1) within a reasonable time after the landlord's written request for the key.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 357, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Prop § 92.167 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 8 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 92 - Residential Tenancies|Subchapter D. Security Devices|Section 92.167. Landlord's Defenses Relating to Compliance With Tenant's Request

Sec. 92.167.  LANDLORD'S DEFENSES RELATING TO COMPLIANCE WITH TENANT'S REQUEST.  (a)  A landlord has a defense to liability under Section 92.165 if on the date the tenant terminates the lease or files suit the tenant has not fully paid costs requested by the landlord and authorized by this subchapter.(b)  A management company or managing agent who is not the owner of a dwelling and who has not purported to be the owner in the lease has a defense to liability under Sections 92.164 and 92.165 if before the date the tenant is in possession of the dwelling or the date of the tenant's request for installation, repair, replacement, change, or rekeying and before any property damage or personal injury to the tenant, the management company or managing agent:(1)  did not have funds of the dwelling owner in its possession or control with which to comply with this subchapter;(2)  made written request to the dwelling owner that the owner fund and allow installation, repair, change, replacement, or rekeying of security devices as required under this subchapter and mailed the request, certified mail return receipt requested, to the dwelling owner;  and(3)  not later than the third day after the date of receipt of the tenant's request, provided the tenant with a written notice:(A)  stating that the management company or managing agent has taken the actions in Subdivisions (1) and (2);(B)  stating that the owner has not provided or will not provide the necessary funds;  and(C)  explaining the remedies available to the tenant for the landlord's failure to comply.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 357, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 17.00(b), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Prop § 92.168 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 8 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 92 - Residential Tenancies|Subchapter D. Security Devices|Section 92.168. Tenant's Remedy on Notice From Management Company

Sec. 92.168.  TENANT'S REMEDY ON NOTICE FROM MANAGEMENT COMPANY.  The tenant may unilaterally terminate the lease or exercise other remedies under Sections 92.164 and 92.165 after receiving written notice from a management company that the owner of the dwelling has not provided or will not provide funds to repair, install, change, replace, or rekey a security device as required by this subchapter.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 357, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Prop § 92.169 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 8 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 92 - Residential Tenancies|Subchapter D. Security Devices|Section 92.169. Agent for Delivery of Notice

Sec. 92.169.  AGENT FOR DELIVERY OF NOTICE.  A managing agent or an agent to whom rent is regularly paid, whether residing or maintaining an office on-site or off-site, is the agent of the landlord for purposes of notice and other communications required or permitted by this subchapter.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 357, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Prop § 92.170 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 8 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 92 - Residential Tenancies|Subchapter D. Security Devices|Section 92.170. Effect on Other Landlord Duties and Tenant Remedies

Sec. 92.170.  EFFECT ON OTHER LANDLORD DUTIES AND TENANT REMEDIES.  The duties of a landlord and the remedies of a tenant under this subchapter are in lieu of common law, other statutory law, and local ordinances relating to a residential landlord's duty to install, change, rekey, repair, or replace security devices and a tenant's remedies for the landlord's failure to install, change, rekey, repair, or replace security devices, except that a municipal ordinance adopted before January 1, 1993, may require installation of security devices at the landlord's expense by an earlier date than a date required by this subchapter.  This subchapter does not affect a duty of a landlord or a remedy of a tenant under Subchapter B  regarding habitability.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 357, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Prop § 92.201 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 8 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 92 - Residential Tenancies|Subchapter E. Disclosure of Ownership and Management|Section 92.201. Disclosure of Ownership and Management

Sec. 92.201.  DISCLOSURE OF OWNERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT.  (a)  A landlord shall disclose to a tenant, or to any government official or employee acting in an official capacity, according to this subchapter:(1)  the name and either a street or post office box address of the holder of record title, according to the deed records in the county clerk's office, of the dwelling rented by the tenant or inquired about by the government official or employee acting in an official capacity;  and(2)  if an entity located off-site from the dwelling is primarily responsible for managing the dwelling, the name and street address of the management company.(b)  Disclosure to a tenant under Subsection (a) must be made by:(1)  giving the information in writing to the tenant on or before the seventh day after the day the landlord receives the tenant's request for the information;(2)  continuously posting the information in a conspicuous place in the dwelling or the office of the on-site manager or on the outside of the entry door to the office of the on-site manager on or before the seventh day after the date the landlord receives the tenant's request for the information;  or(3)  including the information in a copy of the tenant's lease or in written rules given to the tenant before the tenant requests the information.(c)  Disclosure of information to a tenant may be made under Subdivision (1) or (2) of Subsection (b) before the tenant requests the information.(d)  Disclosure of information to a government official or employee must be made by giving the information in writing to the official or employee on or before the seventh day after the date the landlord receives the request from the official or employee for the information.(e)  A correction to the information may be made by any of the methods authorized for providing the information.(f)  For the purposes of this section, an owner or property manager may disclose either an actual name or names or an assumed name if an assumed name certificate has been recorded with the county clerk.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3646, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 869, Sec. 4, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
TX Prop § 92.202 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 8 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 92 - Residential Tenancies|Subchapter E. Disclosure of Ownership and Management|Section 92.202. Landlord's Failure to Disclose Information

Sec. 92.202.  LANDLORD'S FAILURE TO DISCLOSE INFORMATION.  (a)  A landlord is liable to a tenant or a governmental body according to this subchapter if:(1)  after the tenant or government official or employee makes a request for information under Section 92.201, the landlord does not provide the information;  and(2)  the landlord does not give the information to the tenant or government official or employee before the eighth day after the date the tenant, official, or employee gives the landlord written notice that the tenant, official, or employee may exercise remedies under this subchapter if the landlord does not comply with the request by the tenant, official, or employee for the information within seven days.(b)  If the tenant's lease is in writing, the lease may require the tenant's initial request for information to be written.  A request by a government official or employee for information must be in writing.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3647, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 869, Sec. 4, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
TX Prop § 92.203 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 8 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 92 - Residential Tenancies|Subchapter E. Disclosure of Ownership and Management|Section 92.203. Landlord's Failure to Correct Information

Sec. 92.203.  LANDLORD'S FAILURE TO CORRECT INFORMATION.  A landlord who has provided information under Subdivision (2) or (3) of Subsection (b) of Section 92.201 is liable to a tenant according to this subchapter if:(1)  the information becomes incorrect because a name or address changes;  and(2)  the landlord fails to correct the information on or before the seventh day after the date the tenant gives the landlord written notice that the tenant may exercise the remedies under this subchapter if the corrected information is not provided within seven days.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3647, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 869, Sec. 4, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
TX Prop § 92.204 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 8 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 92 - Residential Tenancies|Subchapter E. Disclosure of Ownership and Management|Section 92.204. Bad Faith Violation

Sec. 92.204.  BAD FAITH VIOLATION.  A landlord acts in bad faith and is liable according to this subchapter if the landlord gives an incorrect name or address under Subsection (a) of Section 92.201 by wilfully:(1)  disclosing incorrect information under Section 92.201(b)(1) or (2) or Section 92.201(d);  or(2)  failing to correct information given under Section 92.201(b)(1) or (2) or Section 92.201(d) that the landlord knows is incorrect.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3647, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.  Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 48, Sec. 18, eff. Sept. 1, 1993;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 869, Sec. 4, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
TX Prop § 92.205 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 8 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 92 - Residential Tenancies|Subchapter E. Disclosure of Ownership and Management|Section 92.205. Remedies

Sec. 92.205.  REMEDIES.  (a)  A tenant of a landlord who is liable under Section 92.202, 92.203, or 92.204 may obtain or exercise one or more of the following remedies:(1)  a court order directing the landlord to make a disclosure required by this subchapter;(2)  a judgment against the landlord for an amount equal to the tenant's actual costs in discovering the information required to be disclosed by this subchapter;(3)  a judgment against the landlord for one month's rent plus $100;(4)  a judgment against the landlord for court costs and attorney's fees;  and(5)  unilateral termination of the lease without a court proceeding.(b)  A governmental body whose official or employee has requested information from a landlord who is liable under Section 92.202 or 92.204 may obtain or exercise one or more of the following remedies:(1)  a court order directing the landlord to make a disclosure required by this subchapter;(2)  a judgment against the landlord for an amount equal to the governmental body's actual costs in discovering the information required to be disclosed by this subchapter;(3)  a judgment against the landlord for $500;  and(4)  a judgment against the landlord for court costs and attorney's fees.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3648, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 869, Sec. 4, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
TX Prop § 92.206 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 8 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 92 - Residential Tenancies|Subchapter E. Disclosure of Ownership and Management|Section 92.206. Landlord's Defense

Sec. 92.206.  LANDLORD'S DEFENSE.  A landlord has a defense to liability under Section 92.202 or 92.203 if the tenant owes rent on the date the tenant gives a notice required by either of those sections.  Rent delinquency is not a defense for a violation of Section 92.204.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3648, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.|
TX Prop § 92.207 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 8 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 92 - Residential Tenancies|Subchapter E. Disclosure of Ownership and Management|Section 92.207. Agents for Delivery of Notice

Sec. 92.207.  AGENTS FOR DELIVERY OF NOTICE.  (a)  A managing or leasing agent, whether residing or maintaining an office on-site or off-site, is the agent of the landlord for purposes of:(1)  notice and other communications required or permitted by this subchapter;(2)  notice and other communications from a governmental body relating to a violation of health, sanitation, safety, or nuisance laws on the landlord's property where the dwelling is located, including notices of:(A)  demands for abatement of nuisances;(B)  repair of a substandard dwelling;(C)  remedy of dangerous conditions;(D)  reimbursement of costs incurred by the governmental body in curing the violation;(E)  fines;  and(F)  service of process.(b)  If the landlord's name and business street address in this state have not been furnished in writing to the tenant or government official or employee, the person who collects the rent from a tenant is the landlord's authorized agent for purposes of Subsection (a).|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3648, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 869, Sec. 4, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
TX Prop § 92.208 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 8 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 92 - Residential Tenancies|Subchapter E. Disclosure of Ownership and Management|Section 92.208. Additional Enforcement by Local Ordinance

Sec. 92.208.  ADDITIONAL ENFORCEMENT BY LOCAL ORDINANCE.  The duties of a landlord and the remedies of a tenant under this subchapter are in lieu of the common law, other statutory law, and local ordinances relating to the disclosure of ownership and management of a dwelling by a landlord to a tenant.  However, this subchapter does not prohibit the adoption of a local ordinance that conforms to this subchapter but which contains additional enforcement provisions.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3648, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.|
TX Prop § 92.251 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 8 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 92 - Residential Tenancies|Subchapter F. Smoke Alarms and Fire Extinguishers|Section 92.251. Definitions

Sec. 92.251.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:(1)  "Bedroom" means a room designed with the intent that it be used for sleeping purposes.(2)  "Dwelling unit" means a home, mobile home, duplex unit, apartment unit, condominium unit, or any dwelling unit in a multiunit residential structure.  It also means a "dwelling" as defined by Section 92.001.(3)  "Smoke alarm" means a device designed to detect and to alert occupants of a dwelling unit to the visible and invisible products of combustion by means of an audible alarm.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3649, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 257 (H.B. 1168), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2011.|