Sec. 93.010. LIABILITY FOR WITHHOLDING LAST MONTH'S RENT. (a) The tenant may not withhold payment of any portion of the last month's rent on grounds that the security deposit is security for unpaid rent.
(b) A tenant who violates this section is presumed to have acted in bad faith. A tenant who in bad faith violates this section is liable to the landlord for an amount equal to three times the rent wrongfully withheld and the landlord's reasonable attorney's fees in a suit to recover the rent.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1460, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
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