Get Your Texas Security Deposit Back
Your landlord has 30 days. If they kept your deposit without an itemized accounting, Texas law is on your side.
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Tex. Prop. Code § 92.104 requires landlords to return your deposit (less lawful deductions) within 30 days of surrender. Bad-faith retention triggers § 92.109 — three times the wrongfully withheld amount, plus $100, plus attorney's fees. DisputeShield drafts the demand letter that quotes the exact statutes.
The Texas statutes we'll cite
- Tex. Prop. Code § 92.104 — Retention of Security Deposit; Accounting
Allows landlords to deduct from a deposit only for damages or charges for which the tenant is legally liable, and requires an itemized written description of deductions.
- Tex. Prop. Code § 92.103 — Obligation to Refund Security Deposit
Requires landlords to refund a tenant's security deposit (less lawful deductions) after the tenant surrenders the premises and provides a forwarding address.
- Tex. Prop. Code § 92.109 — Liability of Landlord — Bad Faith Retention
Imposes significant penalties on a landlord who in bad faith retains a security deposit or fails to provide an itemized accounting.
“After my landlord kept $1,800 of my deposit, DisputeShield's letter quoted the 30-day rule and the bad faith penalty. I got the full amount back.”
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