Tex. Prop. Code § 92.025 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
LIABILITY FOR LEASING TO PERSON WITH CRIMINAL RECORD.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A cause of action does not accrue against a landlord or a landlord's manager or agent solely for leasing a dwelling to a tenant convicted of, or arrested or placed on deferred adjudication for, an offense.
(b) This section does not preclude a cause of action for negligence in leasing of a dwelling by a landlord or a landlord's manager or agent to a tenant, if:
(1) the tenant:
(A) was convicted of an offense listed in Article 42A.054, Code of Criminal Procedure; or
(B) has a reportable conviction or adjudication, as defined by Article 62.001, Code of Criminal Procedure; and
(2) the person against whom the action is filed knew or should have known of the conviction or adjudication.
(c) This section does not create a cause of action or expand an existing cause of action.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 651 (H.B. 1510), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2016.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (S.B. 1488), Sec. 23.011, eff. September 1, 2017.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.92.htm
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