Texas Landlord Compliance Kit: Deposit, Notice and Eviction Checklists with an Excel Tracker

Who it is for

Landlords and property managers with rentals in Texas, and tenants who want the same record, from move-in through move-out or a court case.

Not the right fit if

Your rental is outside Texas: get that state's kit. Not legal advice, not a lawyer's review of a lease, notice or court case, and not a set of legal notice forms; city and county rules aren't covered.

Why it is different

• Built only from our Texas data files, checked November 2026 against 10 official pages, among them Texas State Law Library: Landlord/Tenant Law, Security Deposits; Texas State Law Library: Landlord/Tenant Law guide, ending the lease; Texas State Law Library: Landlord/Tenant Law guide, the eviction process; Texas Legislature: SB 38 (2025), enrolled, amending Property Code 24.005; Texas Legislature: SB 1414 (2019), enrolled, Property Code 92.019; Supreme Court of Texas: Misc. Docket No. 25-9096, amendments to Rule 510 (effective January 1, 2026).
• 10 items the official pages didn't state are marked "not confirmed" with the page to check, never guessed.
• The workbook recalculates with zero formula errors and works out Texas notice and deposit dates for you.

What is inside

• Start here. How to use the kit, the 13 confirmed Texas rules at a glance and the 10 items to confirm: deposit limit, interest on the deposit, where the deposit is held, rent increase notice, entry notice, filing fee, writ to lockout, paying to stop the case and more, each with the official page to check.
• Texas landlord rules checklist. Deposits, notice periods, the eviction case and the small claims limit, each confirmed rule with its source link and check date. What it confirms: return deadline: On or before the 30th day after the tenant surrenders the premises (92.103); itemized list of deductions: An itemized list of all deductions (92.104); penalty the law states: Three times the part wrongfully withheld, plus other amounts, when withheld in bad faith (92.109); ending month-to-month (landlord): Either side may end it; ending month-to-month (tenant): Either side may end it; unpaid rent notice: At least 3 days' written notice to vacate before filing, unless a written lease sets a shorter or longer period; late fee limits: Only if notice of the fee is in a written lease, the fee is reasonable, and rent has stayed unpaid two full days after it was due; court: The justice court for the precinct where the rental is.
• Move-in and move-out deposit checklist. A room-by-room condition checklist for both visits and the steps after move-out, with Texas's return deadline (within 30 days).
• Notice calendar. When each notice must go out: the lead time for every notice the state's text confirms, with a 2027 month-by-month serve-by table worked out with our notice date calculator's rules.
• Eviction timeline sheet. The Texas case in order from notice to lockout, with each confirmed stage, an example dated from a sample filing day where the rules give periods, and blanks for your own case dates.
• Texas landlord workbook (Excel). A tenant notice log that dates each notice from the Texas rules, a deposit tracker that works out the return date for each move-out, and a rent ledger with a running balance.