Sec. 94.108. LIABILITY FOR WITHHOLDING LAST MONTH'S RENT. (a) A 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. 801, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2002.
Structure Texas Statutes
Chapter 94 - Manufactured Home Tenancies
Subchapter C. Security Deposit
Section 94.101. Security Deposit
Section 94.102. Security Deposit Permitted
Section 94.103. Obligation to Refund
Section 94.104. Conditions for Retention of Security Deposit or Rent Prepayment
Section 94.105. Retention of Security Deposit; Accounting
Section 94.106. Cessation of Owner's Interest
Section 94.107. Tenant's Forwarding Address