{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-92.025","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Property Code § 92.025","heading":"LIABILITY FOR LEASING TO PERSON WITH CRIMINAL RECORD.","body":"(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.\n(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:\n(1) the tenant:\n(A) was convicted of an offense listed in Article 42A.054, Code of Criminal Procedure; or\n(B) has a reportable conviction or adjudication, as defined by Article 62.001, Code of Criminal Procedure; and\n(2) the person against whom the action is filed knew or should have known of the conviction or adjudication.\n(c) This section does not create a cause of action or expand an existing cause of action.\nAdded by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 651 (H.B. 1510), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2016.\nAmended by:\nActs 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (S.B. 1488), Sec. 23.011, eff. September 1, 2017.","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#92.025","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:37Z","sha256":"5a661fb3e2a68afee5fe8d23fbded5611277c99f10b437fe70b376c86e554ff2","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-92.024","next":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-92.026"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}