Tex. Prop. Code § 92.163 · Subchapter D. SECURITY DEVICES
REMOVAL OR ALTERATION OF SECURITY DEVICE BY TENANT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A security device that is installed, changed, or rekeyed under this subchapter becomes a fixture of the dwelling. Except as provided by Section 92.164(a)(1) or 92.165(1) regarding the remedy of repair-and-deduct, a tenant may not remove, change, rekey, replace, or alter a security device or have it removed, changed, rekeyed, replaced, or altered without permission of the landlord.
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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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.92.htm
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