Texas Property Code

§ 94.159 — TENANT'S JUDICIAL REMEDIES

PR § 94.159Title 8. LANDLORD AND TENANT · Ch. 94. MANUFACTURED HOME TENANCIES · Art. D. PREMISES CONDITION, MAINTENANCE, AND REPAIRS

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(a)A tenant's judicial remedies under Section 94.156 shall include:

(1)an order directing the landlord to take reasonable action to repair or remedy the condition;

(2)an order reducing the tenant's rent, from the date of the first repair notice, in proportion to the reduced rental value resulting from the condition until the condition is repaired or remedied;

(3)a judgment against the landlord for a civil penalty of one month's rent plus $500;

(4)a judgment against the landlord for the amount of the tenant's actual damages; and

(5)court costs and attorney's fees, excluding any attorney's fees for a cause of action for damages relating to a personal injury.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 801, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2002.