Texas Property Code Title 8, Chapter 93 - Commercial Tenancies

• Texas Section 93.001 - Applicability Of Chapter
  (a) This chapter applies only to the relationship between landlords and tenants of commercial rental property. (b) For purposes of this chapter, "commercial rental property"...
• Texas Section 93.002 - Interruption Of Utilities, Removal Of Property, And Exclusion Of Commercial Tenant
  (a) A landlord or a landlord's agent may not interrupt or cause the interruption of utility service paid for directly to the utility company by...
• Texas Section 93.003 - Commercial Tenant's Right Of Reentry After Unlawful Lockout
  (a) If a landlord has locked a tenant out of leased premises in violation of Section 93.002, the tenant may recover possession of the premises...
• Texas Section 93.004 - Security Deposit
  A security deposit is any advance of money, other than a rental application deposit or an advance payment of rent, that is intended primarily to...
• Texas Section 93.005 - Obligation To Refund Security Deposit
  (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...
• Texas Section 93.006 - Retention Of Security Deposit; Accounting
  (a) Before returning a security deposit, the landlord may deduct from the deposit damages and charges for which the tenant is legally liable under the...
• Texas Section 93.007 - Cessation Of Owner's Interest
  (a) If the owner's interest in the premises is terminated by sale, assignment, death, appointment of a receiver, bankruptcy, or otherwise, the new owner is...
• Texas Section 93.008 - Records
  The landlord shall keep accurate records of all security deposits. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1460, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
• Texas Section 93.009 - Tenant's Forwarding Address
  (a) The landlord is not obligated to return a tenant's security deposit or give the tenant a written description of damages and charges until the...
• Texas Section 93.010 - Liability For Withholding Last Month's Rent
  (a) The tenant may not withhold payment of any portion of the last month's rent on grounds that the security deposit is security for unpaid...
• Texas Section 93.011 - Liability Of Landlord
  (a) A landlord who in bad faith retains a security deposit in violation of this chapter is liable for an amount equal to the sum...
• Texas Section 93.012 - Assessment Of Charges
  (a) A landlord may not assess a charge, excluding a charge for rent or physical damage to the leased premises, to a tenant unless the...

Last modified: September 28, 2016