Sec. 92.102. SECURITY DEPOSIT. A security deposit is any advance of money, other than a rental application deposit or an advance payment of rent, that is intended primarily to secure performance under a lease of a dwelling that has been entered into by a landlord and a tenant.
Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3639, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 744, Sec. 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.
Structure Texas Statutes
Chapter 92 - Residential Tenancies
Subchapter C. Security Deposits
Section 92.102. Security Deposit
Section 92.103. Obligation to Refund
Section 92.1031. Conditions for Retention of Security Deposit or Rent Prepayment
Section 92.104. Retention of Security Deposit; Accounting
Section 92.1041. Presumption of Refund or Accounting
Section 92.105. Cessation of Owner's Interest
Section 92.107. Tenant's Forwarding Address
Section 92.108. Liability for Withholding Last Month's Rent
Section 92.109. Liability of Landlord
Section 92.110. Lease Without Security Deposit; Required Notice