Texas Residential Lease Agreement Template (Page 2 of 11) in pdf

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Form TX-864LT

[

] cash, [

] personal check, [

] money order, [

]

If the Lease Agreement is terminated, Landlord shall return

cashier’s check, [ ] other___________________.

all prepaid and unearned rent, and any amount of the

security deposit recoverable by the Tenant.

Rent

payments

shall

made

payable

________________________________________

and

However, if the breach by the Tenant is nonpayment of

mailed

delivered

the

following

address:

rent, the Landlord shall not be required to deliver thirty (30)

________________________________________________

days' written notice as provided above. In such event, the

_______________________. All notices from Tenant to

Landlord may serve Tenant with a three (3) day written

Landlord under this Lease and applicable Texas law shall be

notice of termination, whereupon the Tenant must pay the

delivered to the above address.

unpaid rent in full or surrender possession of the premises

by the expiration of the three (3) day notice period.

Tenant agrees that rent monies will not be considered paid

until Landlord or Landlord’s agent receives the rent monies,

Furthermore, the Tenant may be terminated with three (3)

either by mail or by delivery to the above address. Tenant

days notice if the Tenant has committed a substantial

placing rent monies in the mail is not sufficient for rent to be

violation of the Lease Agreement or applicable law that

considered paid, and rent will be considered unpaid until

materially affects health and safety, and the violation is not

actual receipt thereof.

cured prior to the expiration of the three day notice period.

If there are multiple Tenants signed to this Lease, all such

EXCEPTION: The provisions in this section of the lease,

Tenants are jointly, severally and individually bound by, and

(Section 6) may not apply in the case of a tenant leaving the

liable under, the terms and conditions of this Lease. A

premises due to domestic violence or military service, as

judgment entered against one Tenant shall be no bar to an

detailed in Texas Code § 8-92-016 and § 8-92-017.

action against other Tenants.

"Tenants may have special statutory rights

6. CONSEQUENCES BREACH BY TENANT:

to terminate the lease early in certain

Tenant, by any act or omission, or by the act or omission of

situations involving family violence or a

any of Tenant’s family or invitees, licensees, and/or guests,

military deployment or transfer."

violates any of the terms or conditions of this Lease or any

other documents made a part hereof by reference or

Tenant expressly agrees and understands that upon

attachment, Tenant shall be considered in breach of this

Landlord’s termination of this Lease, the Tenant will be

Lease (breach by one tenant shall be considered breach by

contractually liable for the remaining unpaid balance of rent,

all tenants where Tenant is more than one person).

per what would have been the regular payment schedule,

providing Landlord makes reasonable and ordinary efforts to

In case of such breach, Landlord may deliver a written

mitigate damages by re-renting the premises. If and when

notice to the Tenant in breach specifying the acts and

the premises are re-rented to another party, Tenant’s liability

omissions constituting the breach and that the Lease

will end.

Agreement will terminate upon a date not less than thirty

(30) days after receipt of the notice if the breach is not

7. DELIVERY OF NOTICES: Any giving of notice

remedied within a reasonable time not in excess of thirty

under this Lease or applicable Texas law shall be made by

(30) days; and the Lease Agreement shall terminate and the

Tenant in writing and delivered to the address noted above

Tenant shall surrender possession as provided in the notice

for the payment of rent, either by hand delivery or by mail.

subject to the following:

Certified or registered mail is recommended. Delivery by

mail shall not be considered complete until actual receipt by

(a) If the breach is remediable by repairs, the payment of

Landlord or Landlord’s agent.

damages, or otherwise, and the Tenant adequately

remedies the breach prior to the date specified in the notice,

Any notices from Landlord to Tenant shall be in writing and

the Lease Agreement shall not terminate;

shall be deemed sufficiently served upon Tenant when

deposited in the mail addressed to the leased premises, or

(b) In the absence of a showing of due care by the Tenant, if

addressed to Tenant’s last known post office address, or

substantially

the

same

act

omission

which

hand delivered, or placed in Tenant’s mailbox. If Tenant is

constituted a prior noncompliance of which notice was given

more than one person, then notice to one shall be sufficient

recurs within six (6) months, the Landlord party may

as notice to all.

terminate the Lease Agreement upon at least fourteen (14)

days written notice specifying the breach and the date of

8. UTILITIES:

Tenant will provide and pay for the

termination of the Lease Agreement;

following utilities (indicate those that apply):

[

] Electric, [

] Gas, [

] Telephone, [

] Cable

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