89R9286 JBD-D
By: Toth H.B. No. 5486
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the provision of written notice to vacate real
property.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 24.005(f), Property Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(f) Except as provided by Subsection (f-1), the notice to
vacate shall be given in person or by mail at the premises in
question. Notice in person may be by personal delivery to the
tenant or any person residing at the premises who is 16 years of age
or older or personal delivery to the premises and affixing the
notice to the inside of the main entry door. Notice by mail may be by
regular mail, by registered mail, [or] by certified mail, return
receipt requested, or by any method of mailing for which evidence of
mailing is provided by a common carrier to the premises in question.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act to Section
24.005, Property Code, apply only to a notice to vacate given on or
after the effective date of this Act. A notice to vacate given
before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law as it
existed immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that
law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.