{"id":376634,"date":"2016-03-31T21:36:52","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T02:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-law\/state\/texas-law\/texas-leases-and-rental-agreements-laws.html"},"modified":"2017-09-20T10:20:25","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T15:20:25","slug":"texas-leases-and-rental-agreements-laws","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.findlaw.com\/state\/texas-law\/texas-leases-and-rental-agreements-laws.html","title":{"rendered":"Texas Leases and Rental Agreements Laws"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Texas Leases and Rental Agreements Laws<\/h1>\n
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Lease and Rental Agreements in General<\/h2>\n

State laws regulate the relationship between landlords and tenants<\/a>, including key issues such as limits on security deposits and anti-discrimination laws. When you add your signature to a lease (or rental agreement), you are agreeing to a contract with the property owner. Rental agreements generally provide protections for both parties; and if either party breaks the lease, he or she may be held liable for breach of contract and would have to compensate the other party for damages incurred.<\/p>\n

While state law governs certain requirements of lease agreements, leases tend to vary quite a bit from one landlord to the next. In general, leases include the following elements:<\/p>\n