Texas

Statute link:

Texas' Property Code Statute 
(scroll down to Chapters 91 & 92)
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/statutes/pptoc.html

Other links:

Attorney General of Texas
P.O. Box 12548
Austin, TX 78711-2548
 http://www.oag.state.tx.us/
Office of Consumer Protection
http://www.oag.state.tx.us/AG_Publications/txts/tenant.shtml

Tenant's Rights Handbook
http://www.reptl.org/information/10260000.html

Texas Tenants Advisor
 http://www.texastenant.org/

The State Bar of Texas
http://www.texasbar.com
Tenant's Rights
http://www.texasbar.com/public/consumerinfo/helpfulinfo/tenants/tenantsrights.asp

Austin Tenants' Council (ATC)
http://www.housing-rights.org/

Texas Tenants Union
5405 East Grand Avenue
Dallas, TX 75223
(214) 823-2733

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