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Texas landlord entry laws

How much notice your landlord owes you before coming in, when they may enter without it, and what Texas law lets you do about it.

Notice required

No statute — Texas does not regulate landlord entry

Texas Property Code Chapter 92 governs residential tenancies in 117 sections and not one of them requires a landlord to give notice before entering, or limits when they may enter. The nearest provisions concern lockouts (§ 92.0081), re-entry after an unlawful lockout (§ 92.009), and security devices and rekeying (§§ 92.156, 92.164).

Why we won't write you a demand letter for Texas

There is no notice requirement in Texas law to have been broken, so there is no statute for a demand letter to cite. Your rights come from your lease, not the Property Code.

What to do right now

Read your lease — any entry-notice promise in it is enforceable as a contract term. Put your objection in writing and keep a dated copy. And know that Tex. Prop. Code § 92.004 penalises a tenant who sues in bad faith with one month's rent plus $100 plus attorney's fees, so do not threaten litigation lightly here.

Your city may give you more

Some Texas cities, including Austin and Dallas, have their own rental ordinances. A city rule may give you protection the state does not.

We don't write an entry letter for Texas. The reason is above, and it is not a limitation of ours — it is what the law here does and does not give you. If your landlord is also withholding a deposit, charging a late fee the law doesn't allow, or refusing repairs, those are areas where we can send a certified demand on your behalf.

Other Texas tenant rights

Landlords who get one of these wrong often get another wrong too.

Texas security deposit lawHow long your landlord has to return it, and what they owe if they don't.Texas rent late fee lawsWhat a landlord may charge for late rent, and when they may charge it.Texas landlord repair lawsWhat your landlord must fix, how long they get, and your options if they don't.

How this page was checked

  • Read from the source. Every deadline, cap and penalty here was taken from Texas's landlord-tenant law — the statute, session law or administrative code itself.
  • No legal-information websites. Commercial summaries were used only to find a provision, never as authority for it. An automated check fails our build if any state we serve cites a secondary source.
  • Locked against drift. The verified figures are pinned by regression tests, so a later edit cannot quietly change a deadline or a penalty.
  • Last verified August 21, 2026. Laws change — confirm the current text before relying on it.

General information, not legal advice. We are not a law firm.

Compare all 51 jurisdictions — notice periods range from 12 hours to 72, and thirteen states have no rule at all.