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Texas Property Code - Section 92.351. Definitions

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§ 92.351. DEFINITIONS.  For purposes of this subchapter:                    
		(1)  "Application deposit" means a sum of money that is 
given to the landlord in connection with a rental application and 
that is refundable to the applicant if the applicant is rejected as 
a tenant.
		(2)  "Applicant" or "rental applicant" means a person 
who makes an application to a landlord for rental of a dwelling.
		(3)  "Co-applicant" means a person who makes an 
application for rental of a dwelling with other applicants and who 
plans to live in the dwelling with other applicants.
		(4)  "Deposited" means deposited in an account of the 
landlord or the landlord's agent in a bank or other financial 
institution.
		(5)  "Landlord" means a prospective landlord to whom a 
person makes application for rental of a dwelling.
		(6)  "Required date" means the required date for any 
acceptance of the applicant under Section 92.352.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 744, § 5, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.  
Renumbered from V.T.C.A., Property Code § 92.331 by Acts 1997, 
75th Leg., ch. 165, § 31.01(71), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Last modified: August 11, 2007