{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-92.154","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Property Code § 92.154","heading":"HEIGHT, STRIKE PLATE, AND THROW REQUIREMENTS--KEYED DEAD BOLT OR KEYLESS BOLTING DEVICE.","body":"(a) A keyed dead bolt or a keyless bolting device required by this subchapter must be installed at a height:\n(1) not lower than 36 inches from the floor; and\n(2) not higher than:\n(A) 54 inches from the floor, if installed before September 1, 1993; or\n(B) 48 inches from the floor, if installed on or after September 1, 1993.\n(b) A keyed dead bolt or a keyless bolting device described in Section 92.151(6)(A) or (B) in a dwelling must:\n(1) have a strike plate screwed into the portion of the doorjamb surface that faces the edge of the door when the door is closed; or\n(2) be installed in a door with a metal doorjamb that serves as the strike plate.\n(c) A keyed dead bolt or keyless dead bolt, as described by Section 92.151(6)(A), installed in a dwelling on or after September 1, 1993, must have a bolt with a throw of not less than one inch.\n(d) The requirements of this section do not apply to a keyed dead bolt or a keyless bolting device in one door of a pair of French doors that is installed in accordance with the requirements of Section 92.153(b)(1) or (2).\nAmended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 357, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.","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#92.154","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:37Z","sha256":"2044ddd47d1cfd85b069c92a2a2ceaadcc5fc8fd0d7ce1ea02897a9a6105ccca","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-92.153","next":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-92.155"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}