Texas
What is the notice period for Texas?
For Texas, notice period is at least three days' written notice to vacate the premises before the landlord files a forcible detainer suit, unless the parties have contracted for a shorter or longer notice period in a written lease or agreement; notice period in days is 3; statute is Tex. Prop. Code § 24.005(a), recorded from its source on 2026-10-12.
Sec. 24.005. NOTICE REQUIRED BEFORE FILING CERTAIN EVICTION SUITS. (a) If the occupant is a tenant under a written lease or oral rental agreement, the landlord must give a tenant who defaults or holds over beyond the end of the rental term or renewal period at least three days' written notice to vacate the premises before the landlord files a forcible detainer suit, unless the parties have contracted for a shorter or longer notice period in a written lease or agreement.
— tcss.legis.texas.gov, retrieved 2026-10-12
- State
- Texas our reading
- Notice period
- at least three days' written notice to vacate the premises before the landlord files a forcible detainer suit, unless the parties have contracted for a shorter or longer notice period in a written lease or agreement verified
- Notice period in days
- 3 our reading
- Right to cure by paying
- Only through the form the notice must take. Where possession is terminated solely for nonpayment and the tenant was not late or delinquent before the month the notice is given, the notice must be given in the form of a notice to pay rent or vacate; the section states no separate right to reinstate the lease by paying. our reading
- Statute
- Tex. Prop. Code § 24.005(a) our reading
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Right to cure by paying
In a forcible detainer suit against a tenant whose right of possession is terminated based solely on nonpayment of rent and who was not late or delinquent in paying rent to the landlord before the month in which the notice is given, written notice under this section shall be given in the form of a notice to pay rent or vacate.
— all from tcss.legis.texas.gov, retrieved 2026-10-12
Source
- tcss.legis.texas.govhttps://tcss.legis.texas.gov/resources/PR/htm/pr.24.htm