Tex. Prop. Code § 91.004 · Chapter 91. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO LANDLORDS AND TENANTS
LANDLORD'S BREACH OF LEASE; LIEN.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If the landlord of a tenant who is not in default under a lease fails to comply in any respect with the lease agreement, the landlord is liable to the tenant for damages resulting from the failure.
(b) To secure payment of the damages, the tenant has a lien on the landlord's nonexempt property in the tenant's possession and on the rent due to the landlord under the lease.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3627, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.
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.91.htm
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