{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-92.152","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Property Code § 92.152","heading":"APPLICATION OF SUBCHAPTER.","body":"(a) This subchapter does not apply to:\n(1) a room in a hotel, motel, or inn or to similar transient housing;\n(2) residential housing owned or operated by a public or private college or university accredited by a recognized accrediting agency as defined under Section 61.003, Education Code;\n(3) residential housing operated by preparatory schools accredited by the Texas Education Agency, a regional accrediting agency, or any accrediting agency recognized by the commissioner of education; or\n(4) a temporary residential tenancy created by a contract for sale in which the buyer occupies the property before closing or the seller occupies the property after closing for a specific term not to exceed 90 days.\n(b) Except as provided by Subsection (a), a dwelling to which this subchapter applies includes:\n(1) a room in a dormitory or rooming house;\n(2) a mobile home;\n(3) a single family house, duplex, or triplex; and\n(4) a living unit in an apartment, condominium, cooperative, or townhome project.\nAmended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 357, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 126, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1995; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 869, Sec. 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.","path":["PROPERTY CODE","TITLE 8. LANDLORD AND TENANT","CHAPTER 92. RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES","SUBCHAPTER D. SECURITY DEVICES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.92.htm#92.152","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:37Z","sha256":"00061c7d2f04fbe9f93d10e50c8bdfa181bd64303ca2de3634171f18c9ccbe18","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-92.151","next":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-92.153"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}