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