{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-92.024","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Property Code § 92.024","heading":"LANDLORD'S DUTY TO PROVIDE COPY OF LEASE.","body":"(a) Not later than the third business day after the date the lease is signed by each party to the lease, a landlord shall provide at least one complete copy of the lease to at least one tenant who is a party to the lease.\n(b) If more than one tenant is a party to the lease, not later than the third business day after the date a landlord receives a written request for a copy of a lease from a tenant who has not received a copy of the lease under Subsection (a), the landlord shall provide one complete copy of the lease to the requesting tenant.\n(c) A landlord's failure to provide a complete copy of the lease as described by Subsection (a) or (b) does not invalidate the lease or, subject to Subsection (d), prevent the landlord from prosecuting or defending a legal action or proceeding to enforce the lease.\n(d) A landlord may not continue to prosecute and a court shall abate an action to enforce the lease, other than an action for nonpayment of rent, only until the landlord provides to a tenant a complete copy of the lease if the tenant submits to the court evidence in a plea in abatement or otherwise that the landlord failed to comply with Subsection (a) or (b).\n(e) A landlord may comply with this section by providing to a tenant a complete copy of the lease:\n(1) in a paper format;\n(2) in an electronic format if requested by the tenant; or\n(3) by e-mail if the parties have communicated by e-mail regarding the lease.\nAdded by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 588 (S.B. 630), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.","path":["PROPERTY CODE","TITLE 8. LANDLORD AND TENANT","CHAPTER 92. RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.92.htm#92.024","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:37Z","sha256":"2aea66815923c6b21342768be047e63046f6b278e8339b79b7fb64ddf77ced98","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-92.023","next":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-92.025"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}