Texas § 92.025 LIABILITY FOR LEASING TO PERSON WITH CRIMINAL RECORD.

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§ 92.025 — LIABILITY FOR LEASING TO PERSON WITH CRIMINAL RECORD.

Texas § 92.025

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Bluebook

Tex. Property Code Code Ann. § 92.025 (2026).

Text

Sec. 92.025. LIABILITY FOR LEASING TO PERSON WITH CRIMINAL RECORD.

(a)A cause of action does not accrue against a landlord or a landlord's manager or agent solely for leasing a dwelling to a tenant convicted of, or arrested or placed on deferred adjudication for, an offense.

(b)This section does not preclude a cause of action for negligence in leasing of a dwelling by a landlord or a landlord's manager or agent to a tenant, if:

(1)the tenant:

(A)was convicted of an offense listed in Article 42A.054 , Code of Criminal Procedure; or

(B)has a reportable conviction or adjudication, as defined by Article 62.001 , Code of Criminal Procedure; and

(2)the person against whom the action is filed knew or should have known of the conviction or adjudication.

(c)This section does not create a cau

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Sec. 92.025. LIABILITY FOR LEASING TO PERSON WITH CRIMINAL RECORD. (a) A cause of action does not accrue against a landlord or a landlord's manager or agent solely for leasing a dwelling to a tenant convicted of, or arrested or placed on deferred adjudication for, an offense.
(b) This section does not preclude a cause of action for negligence in leasing of a dwelling by a landlord or a landlord's manager or agent to a tenant, if:
(1) the tenant:
(A) was convicted of an offense listed in Article 42A.054 , Code of Criminal Procedure; or
(B) has a reportable conviction or adjudication, as defined by Article 62.001 , Code of Criminal Procedure; and
(2) the person against whom the action is filed knew or should have known of the conviction or adjudication.
(c) This section does not create a cause of action or expand an existing cause of action.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 651 (H.B. 1510 ), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2016. Amended by: Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (S.B. 1488 ), Sec. 23.011, eff. September 1, 2017.