Tex. Prop. Code § 54.048 · Subchapter C. RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD'S LIEN
TENANT MAY REPLEVY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
At any time before judgment in a suit for unpaid rent, the tenant may replevy any of the property that has been seized, if the property has not been claimed or sold, by posting a bond in an amount approved by the court, payable to the landlord, and conditioned that if the landlord prevails in the suit, the amount of the judgment rendered and any costs assessed against the tenant shall be first satisfied, to the extent possible, out of the bond.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 266, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.54.htm
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