Tex. Prop. Code § 93.005 · Chapter 93. COMMERCIAL TENANCIES
OBLIGATION TO REFUND SECURITY DEPOSIT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The landlord shall refund the security deposit to the tenant not later than the 60th day after the date the tenant surrenders the premises and provides notice to the landlord or the landlord's agent of the tenant's forwarding address under Section 93.009.
(b) The tenant's claim to the security deposit takes priority over the claim of any creditor of the landlord, including a trustee in bankruptcy.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1460, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1143, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
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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.93.htm
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