Texas Property Code - Section 92.333. Tenant Remedies
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§ 92.333. TENANT REMEDIES. In addition to other remedies
provided by law, if a landlord retaliates against a tenant under
this subchapter, the tenant may recover from the landlord a civil
penalty of one month's rent plus $500, actual damages, court costs,
and reasonable attorney's fees in an action for recovery of
property damages, moving costs, actual expenses, civil penalties,
or declaratory or injunctive relief, less any delinquent rents or
other sums for which the tenant is liable to the landlord. If the
tenant's rent payment to the landlord is subsidized in whole or in
part by a governmental entity, the civil penalty granted under this
section shall reflect the fair market rent of the dwelling plus
$500.
Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3637, ch. 576, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.
Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 650, § 9, eff. Aug. 28,
1989; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 48, § 16, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Redesignated from V.T.C.A., Property Code § 92.057(d) and
amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 869, § 5, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.
Section: 92.260 92.261 92.2611 92.262 92.301 92.331 92.332 92.333 92.334 92.335 92.351 92.352 92.353 92.354 93.001
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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