Texas Penal Code
§ 32.57 — FRAUDULENT SALE, RENTAL, OR LEASE OF RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY
PE § 32.57Title 7. OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY · Ch. 32. FRAUD · Art. D. OTHER DECEPTIVE PRACTICES
Statute text
View on source(a)A person commits an offense if the person knowingly:
(1)lists or advertises for sale, rent, or lease residential real property while knowing that the person offering to sell, rent, or lease the property does not have legal title or authority to sell, rent, or lease the property; or
(2)sells, rents, or leases to another person residential real property to which the person does not have legal title or authority to sell, rent, or lease.
(b)An offense under this section is a felony of the first degree.
(c)If conduct that constitutes an offense under this section also constitutes an offense under another law, the actor may be prosecuted under this section, the other law, or both.
(d)It is an exception to the application of Subsection (a)(2) that the person participated in the transaction to sell, rent, or lease the property:
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 817 (S.B. 1333), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2025.