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this form if: You want to terminate a written or oral lease of a residential tenant in a foreclosed property who has not violated the terms of the lease. If the tenant has violated the terms of the lease
TENANT APPEAL ON STATEMENT OF INABILITY TO AFFORD PAYMENT OF COURT COSTS. (a) If a tenant in a residential eviction suit is unable to pay the costs of appeal or file an appeal bond as required by the Texas Rules
WAREHOUSEMAN'S LIEN. (a) If personal property is removed from a tenant's premises as the result of an action brought under this chapter and stored in a bonded or insured public warehouse, the warehouseman has a lien
tenant timely pays rent and is not otherwise in default under the tenant's lease after foreclosure, the purchaser must give a residential tenant of the building at least 30 days' written notice to vacate if the purchaser chooses
favor of the landlord without a trial unless: (1) not later than the fourth day after the date the tenant is served with the landlord's sworn petition, the tenant files a response setting out supporting facts, and providing
result in the justice court or county court issuing a writ of possession without a hearing. (a-2) The tenant shall: (1) not later than the fifth day after the date the tenant files the appeal, pay rent
Subsection (b), to be eligible to recover attorney's fees in an eviction suit, a landlord must give a tenant who is unlawfully retaining possession of the landlord's premises a written demand to vacate the premises. The demand must
suit filed in justice court in which the landlord files a sworn petition seeking judgment against a tenant for possession of the premises and unpaid rent, personal service on the tenant or service on the tenant under the Texas Rules
accept a pet if you put down extra money as security. Peace and Quiet Your rights as a tenant include the right to "quiet enjoyment," a legal term. This means your landlord cannot evict you without cause or otherwise disturb
refuses to surrender possession of real property on demand commits a forcible detainer if the person: (1) is a tenant or a subtenant wilfully and without force holding over after the termination of the tenant's right of possession
costs with the justice court not later than the fifth day after the date the judgment is signed. A tenant who files an appeal must affirm, under penalty of perjury, the tenant's good faith belief that the tenant
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
LANDLORD'S BREACH OF LEASE; LIEN. (a) If the landlord of a tenant who is not in default under a lease fails to comply in any respect with the lease agreement, the landlord is liable to the tenant for damages
SUBSTITUTION OF PARTIES. If a tenancy for a term expires while the tenant's suit for forcible entry is pending, the landlord may prosecute the suit in the tenant's name for the landlord's benefit and at the landlord
rental unit notifying the tenant that the writ has been issued and that the writ will be executed on or after a specific date and time stated in the warning not sooner than 24 hours after the warning is posted
TERMINATING CERTAIN TENANCIES. (a) A monthly tenancy or a tenancy from month to month may be terminated by the tenant or the landlord giving notice of termination to the other. (b) If a notice of termination is given under Subsection
TENANT'S FAILURE TO PAY RENT DURING APPEAL. (a) During an appeal of an eviction case, the justice court or county court, as applicable, on request shall immediately issue a writ of possession, without hearing, if a tenant fails
SUBLETTING PROHIBITED. During the term of a lease, the tenant may not rent the leasehold to any other person without the prior consent of the landlord. Acts 1983, 68th
LANDLORD'S DUTY TO MITIGATE DAMAGES. (a) A landlord has a duty to mitigate damages if a tenant abandons the leased premises in violation of the lease. (b) A provision of a lease that purports to waive a right
consent of the person in actual possession of the property; (2) an entry without the consent of a tenant at will or by sufferance; or (3) an entry without the consent of a person who acquired possession by forcible entry