Rent must remain unpaid two full days after the original due date, with written-lease notice and reasonableness requirements.
Statutory reasonableness benchmarks; § 92.019 also has a separate higher-fee uncertain-damages pathway.
After rejection, missing § 92.3515 selection-criteria notice triggers return of the application fee and deposit.
Subject to the written forwarding-address rule in § 92.107.
Texas Property Code § 92.104 expressly excludes normal wear from deposit deductions.
Submetered and allocated water/wastewater billing has lease, calculation, record and complaint rules.
Texas charge guides
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Security Deposit
Texas security deposit deductions, itemized accounting, forwarding-address requirements and the 30-day refund rule.
Open guide →30-Day Deposit Deadline
Calculate and understand the Texas security deposit refund deadline and the written forwarding-address requirement.
Open guide →Move-Out Charges
Review Texas move-out charges for damage, cleaning, carpet, painting and other lease-based deductions.
Open guide →Normal Wear and Tear
Use the Texas statutory definition of normal wear and tear when reviewing move-out deductions.
Open guide →Carpet Replacement
Review Texas carpet replacement charges using the statutory normal-wear standard, lease terms and evidence of actual damage.
Open guide →Painting Charges
Review Texas repainting charges by separating normal wall wear from tenant-caused damage and checking the lease and supporting records.
Open guide →Cleaning Fees
Review Texas move-out cleaning charges against the lease, actual condition, normal wear and the security-deposit accounting rules.
Open guide →Forwarding Address
Why a written forwarding address matters for a Texas security deposit refund and itemized deductions.
Open guide →Water & Sewer Billing
Texas PUC rules for apartment water and sewer bills that are submetered or allocated, including lease disclosures, calculations, bill verification and complaints.
Open guide →Application & Late Fees
Texas rules for residential rent late fees, written late-fee statements, rental application fees, application deposits and tenant-selection-criteria notice under Property Code Chapter 92.
Open guide →What makes Texas different
Texas separates several fee questions that are often mixed together on resident ledgers. A rent late fee uses § 92.019; application fees and application deposits use the rental-application subchapter; security-deposit refunds and deductions use §§ 92.101–92.109; and covered submetered or allocated water billing uses PUC rules.
The written forwarding-address rule is especially important for deposits. A tenant does not lose the underlying right to a refund merely by failing to provide an address, but the landlord is not obligated to return the deposit or provide the written damage-and-charge description until a written forwarding address is supplied.
Core official sources
Primary Texas rule requiring written-lease notice, reasonableness and two full unpaid days before a residential rent late fee can be collected, with statutory reasonableness benchmarks and remedies.
Texas Constitution and StatutesTexas Property Code § 92.0191 — Statement of Late Fees ↗Primary rule allowing a tenant to request a written statement of whether a late fee is owed and the amount claimed.
Texas Constitution and StatutesTexas Property Code § 92.3515 — Notice of Eligibility Requirements ↗Primary rule requiring tenant-selection criteria to be made available with the rental application and requiring return of the application fee and application deposit after rejection when the required notice was not made available.
Texas Constitution and StatutesTexas Property Code Chapter 92 — Residential Tenancies ↗Primary Texas statute covering residential tenancies, including security deposits and the statutory definition of normal wear and tear.
Texas Constitution and StatutesTexas Property Code § 92.103 — Obligation to Refund ↗Primary rule for the 30-day residential security-deposit refund deadline, subject to the forwarding-address rule.
Texas Constitution and StatutesTexas Property Code § 92.104 — Retention of Security Deposit; Accounting ↗Primary rules for lawful deductions, normal wear and tear, and written itemization when a landlord retains deposit money.
Texas Constitution and StatutesTexas Property Code § 92.107 — Tenant’s Forwarding Address ↗Explains that the landlord’s refund and itemization obligation is delayed until the tenant gives a written forwarding address, without forfeiting the tenant’s underlying right to a refund.
Office of the Attorney General of TexasRenter’s Rights ↗Official Texas consumer guidance summarizing deposits, itemized deductions, normal wear and tear and forwarding-address issues.
Public Utility Commission of Texas16 TAC Chapter 24, Subchapter I — Water Utility Submetering and Allocation ↗PUC rules governing submetered and allocated water and wastewater billing at covered rental properties.