Texas Property Code - Section 91.003. Termination Of Lease Because Of Public Indecency Conviction
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§ 91.003. TERMINATION OF LEASE BECAUSE OF PUBLIC
INDECENCY CONVICTION. (a) A landlord may terminate a lease
executed or renewed after June 15, 1981, if:
(1) the tenant or occupant of the leasehold uses the
property for an activity for which the tenant or occupant or for
which an agent or employee of the tenant or occupant is convicted
under Chapter 43, Penal Code, as amended; and
(2) the convicted person has exhausted or abandoned
all avenues of direct appeal from the conviction.
(b) The fee owner or an intermediate lessor terminates the
lease by giving written notice of termination to the tenant or
occupant within six months after the right to terminate arises
under this section. The right to possess the property reverts to
the landlord on the 10th day after the date the notice is given.
(c) This section applies regardless of a term of the lease
to the contrary.
Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3627, ch. 576, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.
Section: 82.159 82.160 82.161 82.162 82.163 82.164 91.001 91.003 91.004 91.005 91.006 92.001 92.002 92.003 92.004
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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