DecisionDepot
California legal research

Texas Property Code

§ 94.251 — RETALIATION BY LANDLORD

PR § 94.251Title 8. LANDLORD AND TENANT · Ch. 94. MANUFACTURED HOME TENANCIES · Art. F. PROHIBITED ACTS

Statute text

View on source
(a)A landlord may not retaliate against a tenant by taking an action described by Subsection (b) because the tenant:
(1)in good faith exercises or attempts to exercise against a landlord a right or remedy granted to the tenant by the lease agreement, a municipal ordinance, or a federal or state statute;
(2)gives the landlord a notice to repair or exercise a remedy under this chapter; or
(3)complains to a governmental entity responsible for enforcing building or housing codes, a public utility, or a civic or nonprofit agency, and the tenant:
(A)claims a building or housing code violation or utility problem; and
(B)believes in good faith that the complaint is valid and that the violation or problem occurred.

Legislative history

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