Sec. 93.005. OBLIGATION TO REFUND SECURITY DEPOSIT. (a) The landlord shall refund the security deposit to the tenant not later than the 60th day after the date the tenant surrenders the premises and provides notice to the landlord or the landlord's agent of the tenant's forwarding address under Section 93.009.
(b) The tenant's claim to the security deposit takes priority over the claim of any creditor of the landlord, including a trustee in bankruptcy.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1460, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1143, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Structure Texas Statutes
Chapter 93 - Commercial Tenancies
Section 93.001. Applicability of Chapter
Section 93.002. Interruption of Utilities, Removal of Property, and Exclusion of Commercial Tenant
Section 93.003. Commercial Tenant's Right of Reentry After Unlawful Lockout
Section 93.004. Security Deposit
Section 93.005. Obligation to Refund Security Deposit
Section 93.006. Retention of Security Deposit; Accounting
Section 93.007. Cessation of Owner's Interest
Section 93.009. Tenant's Forwarding Address
Section 93.010. Liability for Withholding Last Month's Rent
Section 93.011. Liability of Landlord
Section 93.012. Assessment of Charges
Section 93.013. Certain Unlawful Uses of Premises; Termination of Tenant's Right of Possession