Tex. Prop. Code § 24.011 · Chapter 24. FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER
NONLAWYER REPRESENTATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In an eviction suit in justice court, the parties may represent themselves or be represented by their authorized agents, who need not be attorneys.
(b) In an appeal of an eviction suit for nonpayment of rent in a county or district court, an owner of a multifamily residential property may be represented by the owner's authorized agent, who need not be an attorney.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 891, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 26, 1985. Renumbered from Sec. 24.009 by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 167, Sec. 5.01(a)(49), eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1205, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 904 (H.B. 3879), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 960 (S.B. 38), Sec. 14, eff. January 1, 2026.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.24.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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