Texas Property Code

§ 92.0131 — NOTICE REGARDING VEHICLE TOWING OR PARKING RULES OR POLICIES

PR § 92.0131Title 8. LANDLORD AND TENANT · Ch. 92. RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Statute text

(a)This section applies only to a tenant in a multiunit complex, as that term is defined by Section 92.151.

(b)If at the time a lease agreement is executed a landlord has vehicle towing or parking rules or policies that apply to the tenant, the landlord shall provide to the tenant a copy of the rules or policies before the lease agreement is executed. The copy of the rules or policies must be:

(1)signed by the tenant;

(2)included in a lease agreement signed by the tenant; or

(3)included in an attachment to the lease agreement that is signed by the tenant, but only if the attachment is expressly referred to in the lease agreement.

(c)If the rules or policies are contained in the lease agreement or an attachment to the lease agreement, the title to the paragraph containing the rules or policies must read "Parking" or "Parking Rules" and be capitalized, underlined, or printed in bold print. (c-1) As a precondition for allowing a tenant to park in a specific parking space or a common parking area that the landlord has made available for tenant use, the landlord may require a tenant to provide only the make, model, color, year, license number, and state of registration of the vehicle to be parked. (c-2) Notwithstanding Subsection (c-1), a municipal housing authority located in a municipality that has a population of more than 500,000 and is not more than 50 miles from an international border, or a public facility corporation, affiliate, or subsidiary of the authority, may require that vehicles parked in a community of the authority, corporation, affiliate, or subsidiary be registered with the housing authority.

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Legislative history

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 917 (H.B. 3101), Sec. 2, eff. January 1, 2008. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 969 (H.B. 1371), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.