Tex. Prop. Code § 91.006 · Chapter 91. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO LANDLORDS AND TENANTS
LANDLORD'S DUTY TO MITIGATE DAMAGES.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A landlord has a duty to mitigate damages if a tenant abandons the leased premises in violation of the lease.
(b) A provision of a lease that purports to waive a right or to exempt a landlord from a liability or duty under this section is void.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1205, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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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- 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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