Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 2A.528 · Subchapter E. DEFAULT
LESSOR'S DAMAGES FOR NONACCEPTANCE, FAILURE TO PAY, REPUDIATION, OR OTHER DEFAULT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as otherwise provided with respect to damages liquidated in the lease agreement (Section 2A.504) or otherwise determined pursuant to agreement of the parties (Sections 1.302 and 2A.503), if a lessor elects to retain the goods or a lessor elects to dispose of the goods and the disposition is by lease agreement that for any reason does not qualify for treatment under Section 2A.527(b) or is by sale or otherwise, the lessor may recover from the lessee as damages for a default of the type described in Section 2A.523(a) or (c)(1), or, if agreed, for other default of the lessee, (i) accrued and unpaid rent as of the date of default if the lessee has never taken possession of the goods, or, if the lessee has taken possession of the goods, as of the date the lessor repossesses the goods or an earlier date on which the lessee makes a tender of the goods to the lessor, (ii) the present value as of the date determined under clause (i) of the total rent for the then remaining lease term of the original lease agreement minus the present value as of the same date of the market rent at the place where the goods are located computed for the same lease term, and (iii) any incidental damages allowed under Section 2A.530, less expenses saved in consequence of the lessee's default.
(b) If the measure of damages provided in Subsection (a) is inadequate to put a lessor in as good a position as performance would have, the measure of damages is the present value of the profit, including reasonable overhead, the lessor would have made from full performance by the lessee, together with any incidental damages allowed under Section 2A.530, due allowance for costs reasonably incurred and due credit for payments or proceeds of disposition.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 570, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 542, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
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This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Business & Commerce Code
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 1.302VARIATION BY AGREEMENT.Printed as Sections 1.302 and 2A.503
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 2A.503MODIFICATION OR IMPAIRMENT OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.Printed as Sections 1.302 and 2A.503
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 2A.504LIQUIDATION OF DAMAGES.Printed as Section 2A.504
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 2A.523LESSOR'S REMEDIES.Printed as Section 2A.523(a)
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 2A.527LESSOR'S RIGHTS TO DISPOSE OF GOODS.Printed as Section 2A.527(b)
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 2A.530LESSOR'S INCIDENTAL DAMAGES.Printed as Section 2A.530
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Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 2A.528. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Business & Commerce Code
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 2A.507PROOF OF MARKET RENT.Printed as Section 2A.519 or 2A.528 | Sections 2A.519 and 2A.528
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 2A.523LESSOR'S REMEDIES.Printed as Section 2A.528
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 2A.527LESSOR'S RIGHTS TO DISPOSE OF GOODS.Printed as Section 2A.528
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 2A.529LESSOR'S ACTION FOR THE RENT.Printed as Section 2A.527 or 2A.528
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