{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-94.255","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Property Code § 94.255","heading":"INVALID COMPLAINTS.","body":"(a) If a tenant files or prosecutes a suit for retaliatory action based on a complaint asserted under Section 94.251(a)(3), and a government building or housing inspector or utility company representative visits the manufactured home community and determines in writing that a violation of a building or housing code does not exist or that a utility problem does not exist, there is a rebuttable presumption that the tenant acted in bad faith.\n(b) If a tenant files or prosecutes a suit under this subchapter in bad faith, the landlord may recover possession of the leased premises and may recover from the tenant a civil penalty of one month's rent plus $500, court costs, and reasonable attorney's fees. If the tenant's rent payment to the landlord is subsidized in whole or in part by a governmental entity, the civil penalty granted under this subsection shall reflect the fair market rent of the leased premises plus $500.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 801, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2002.","path":["PROPERTY CODE","TITLE 8. LANDLORD AND TENANT","CHAPTER 94. MANUFACTURED HOME TENANCIES","SUBCHAPTER F. PROHIBITED ACTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.94.htm#94.255","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:37Z","sha256":"abb898e156b9a89abcc16f8a80123f03af715feba802c4229716d838073e2d33","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-94.254","next":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-94.256"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}