Tex. Prop. Code § 92.161 · Subchapter D. SECURITY DEVICES
COMPLIANCE WITH TENANT REQUEST REQUIRED WITHIN REASONABLE TIME.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (c), a landlord must comply with a tenant's request for rekeying, changing, installing, repairing, or replacing a security device under Section 92.156, 92.157, or 92.158 within a reasonable time. A reasonable time for purposes of this subsection is presumed to be not later than the seventh day after the date the request is received by the landlord.
(b) If within the time allowed under Section 92.162(c) a landlord requests advance payment of charges that the landlord is entitled to collect under that section, the landlord shall comply with a tenant's request under Section 92.156(b), 92.157(a), or 92.157(b) within a reasonable time. A reasonable time for purposes of this subsection is presumed to be not later than the seventh day after the date a tenant's advance payment is received by the landlord, except as provided by Subsection (c).
(c) A reasonable time for purposes of Subsections (a) and (b) is presumed to be not later than 72 hours after the time of receipt of the tenant's request and any required advance payment if at the time of making the request the tenant informed the landlord that:
(1) an unauthorized entry occurred or was attempted in the tenant's dwelling;
(2) an unauthorized entry occurred or was attempted in another unit in the multiunit complex in which the tenant's dwelling is located during the two months preceding the date of the request; or
(3) a crime of personal violence occurred in the multiunit complex in which the tenant's dwelling is located during the two months preceding the date of the request.
(d) A landlord may rebut the presumption provided by Subsection (a) or (b) if despite the diligence of the landlord:
(1) the landlord did not know of the tenant's request, without the fault of the landlord;
(2) materials, labor, or utilities were unavailable; or
(3) a delay was caused by circumstances beyond the landlord's control, including the illness or death of the landlord or a member of the landlord's immediate family.
(e) This section does not apply to a landlord's duty to install or rekey, without necessity of a tenant's request, a security device under Section 92.153 or 92.156(a).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 357, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
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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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Property Code
- Tex. Prop. Code § 92.153SECURITY DEVICES REQUIRED WITHOUT NECESSITY OF TENANT REQUEST.Printed as Section 92.153 or 92.156(a)
- Tex. Prop. Code § 92.156REKEYING OR CHANGE OF SECURITY DEVICES.Printed as Section 92.153 or 92.156(a) | Section 92.156(b), 92.157(a), or 92.157(b) | Section 92.156, 92.157, or 92.158
- Tex. Prop. Code § 92.157SECURITY DEVICES REQUESTED BY TENANT.Printed as Section 92.156(b), 92.157(a), or 92.157(b) | Section 92.156, 92.157, or 92.158
- Tex. Prop. Code § 92.158LANDLORD'S DUTY TO REPAIR OR REPLACE SECURITY DEVICE.Printed as Section 92.156, 92.157, or 92.158
- Tex. Prop. Code § 92.162PAYMENT OF CHARGES; LIMITS ON AMOUNT CHARGED.Printed as Section 92.162(c)
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