{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-92.251","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Property Code § 92.251","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this subchapter:\n(1) \"Bedroom\" means a room designed with the intent that it be used for sleeping purposes.\n(2) \"Dwelling unit\" means a home, mobile home, duplex unit, apartment unit, condominium unit, or any dwelling unit in a multiunit residential structure. It also means a \"dwelling\" as defined by Section 92.001.\n(3) \"Smoke alarm\" means a device designed to detect and to alert occupants of a dwelling unit to the visible and invisible products of combustion by means of an audible alarm.\nActs 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3649, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.\nAmended by:\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 257 (H.B. 1168), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2011.","path":["PROPERTY CODE","TITLE 8. LANDLORD AND TENANT","CHAPTER 92. RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES","SUBCHAPTER F. SMOKE ALARMS AND FIRE EXTINGUISHERS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.92.htm#92.251","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:37Z","sha256":"34669b8dd016161d5714d64ef05c9be03560b58a51f20f9a50b0edb9053ab7ea","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-92.208","next":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-92.252"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}