{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-54.025","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Property Code § 54.025","heading":"DISTRESS WARRANT.","body":"The person to whom rent is payable under a building lease or the person's agent, attorney, assign, or other legal representative may apply to the justice of the peace in the precinct in which the building is located for a distress warrant if the tenant:\n(1) owes rent;\n(2) is about to abandon the building; or\n(3) is about to remove the tenant's property from the building.\nActs 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3560, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 48, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.","path":["PROPERTY CODE","TITLE 5. EXEMPT PROPERTY AND LIENS","SUBTITLE B. LIENS","CHAPTER 54. LANDLORD'S LIENS","SUBCHAPTER B. BUILDING LANDLORD'S LIEN"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.54.htm#54.025","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:37Z","sha256":"9d150d00360f9de536da8150f950ba4479a97299d0a9ca6547fd6c6822b65ae1","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-54.024","next":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-54.041"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}