Droit locatif en Texas : les règles du bailleur

Le dépôt de garantie en Texas

Montant maximum

Aucun plafond légalAucune loi ne le fixe

Rendu au locataire sous

30 joursTex. Prop. Code § 92.10330 days after the tenant surrenders the premises; a lease requirement of advance notice of surrender is enforceable only if underlined or in conspicuous bold.

Loyer et pénalités de retard

Pénalité de retard

12 % du loyer mensuelTex. Prop. Code § 92.019Presumed reasonable up to 12% of monthly rent for a structure with 4 or fewer units, 10% for more than 4 units; more only if it reflects actual uncertain damages. Must be in a written lease.

Délai de grâce avant pénalité

2 joursTex. Prop. Code § 92.019

Hausses de loyer et contrôle des loyers en Texas

Préavis avant une hausse

Aucun délai légal confirméTex. Prop. Code § 91.001; Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 214.902No statute sets a notice period for a rent increase; a month-to-month tenancy can be ended on one month's notice, which is how a change is usually imposed. Cities may adopt rent control only during a disaster housing emergency with the governor's approval.

Contrôle des loyers

Contrôle local des loyers interditTex. Prop. Code § 91.001; Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 214.902

Entrer dans le logement : le préavis au locataire

Préavis avant d’entrer

Aucune loi ne le fixeAucune loi ne le fixe

Fin du bail et avis d’expulsion

Fin d’un bail au mois

30 joursTex. Prop. Code § 91.001One month's notice unless the parties agreed in writing to a different period.

Loyer impayé

3 joursTex. Prop. Code §§ 24.005(a), 24.0042“3-day notice to vacate”Aucun droit légal de payer pour resterUnless a written lease sets a shorter or longer period. For suits filed from January 1, 2026, a tenant who was not late before that month must get a notice to pay rent or vacate, while a tenant with earlier late payments may get a plain notice to vacate. A period ending on a weekend or holiday runs to the next business day.

Autre manquement au bail

3 joursTex. Prop. Code § 24.005(a)“3-day notice to vacate”La loi ne dit pas si le manquement peut être corrigéThe same notice to vacate applies to any default under the lease, unless a written lease sets a different period. The statute gives no right to cure a non-rent breach.

Serrures changées et coupures

Aucune loi ne l’interditTex. Prop. Code §§ 92.008, 92.0081

L’expulsion d’un locataire en Texas, étape par étape

Les mentions qu’un bail en Texas doit contenir

• Give a signed written notice stating whether the landlord is aware the dwelling is in a 100-year floodplain and whether it has flooded in the last five years, in the lease, an addendum or a separate document at or before signing. (Tex. Prop. Code § 92.0135)
• The lease must state in underlined or bold print the tenant's remedies for the landlord's failure to repair conditions affecting health or safety. (Tex. Prop. Code § 92.056(g))
• Give the tenant a telephone number for reporting emergencies affecting health or safety (answered 24 hours a day where there is an on-site management office). (Tex. Prop. Code § 92.020)
• In a multiunit complex, give the tenant a signed copy of any towing or parking rules before the lease is signed, under a heading 'Parking' or 'Parking Rules' in capitals, underlined or bold. (Tex. Prop. Code § 92.0131)
• Include language that tenants may have special statutory rights to terminate the lease early in situations involving family violence or a military deployment or transfer; without it, a tenant leaving for family violence is released from unpaid rent. (Tex. Prop. Code § 92.016(f))