Tex. Prop. Code § 92.157 · Subchapter D. SECURITY DEVICES
SECURITY DEVICES REQUESTED BY TENANT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) At a tenant's request made at any time, a landlord, at the tenant's expense, shall install:
(1) a keyed dead bolt on an exterior door if the door has:
(A) a doorknob lock but not a keyed dead bolt; or
(B) a keyless bolting device but not a keyed dead bolt or doorknob lock; and
(2) a sliding door handle latch or sliding door security bar if the door is an exterior sliding glass door without a sliding door handle latch or sliding door security bar.
(b) At a tenant's request made before January 1, 1995, a landlord, at the tenant's expense, shall install on an exterior door of a dwelling constructed before September 1, 1993:
(1) a keyless bolting device if the door does not have a keyless bolting device; and
(2) a door viewer if the door does not have a door viewer.
(c) If a security device required by Section 92.153 to be installed on or after January 1, 1995, without necessity of a tenant's request has not been installed by the landlord, the tenant may request the landlord to immediately install it, and the landlord shall immediately install it at the landlord's expense.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 357, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1072 (H.B. 2404), Sec. 2, eff. January 1, 2016.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1198 (S.B. 1367), Sec. 7, eff. January 1, 2016.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.92.htm
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- Tex. Prop. Code § 92.161COMPLIANCE WITH TENANT REQUEST REQUIRED WITHIN REASONABLE TIME.Printed as Section 92.156(b), 92.157(a), or 92.157(b) | Section 92.156, 92.157, or 92.158
- Tex. Prop. Code § 92.1641LANDLORD'S DEFENSES RELATING TO INSTALLING OR REKEYING CERTAIN SECURITY DEVICES.Printed as Section 92.157(c)
- Tex. Prop. Code § 92.165TENANT REMEDIES FOR OTHER LANDLORD VIOLATIONS.Printed as Section 92.156(b), 92.157, or 92.158
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