Tex. Prop. Code Section 54.025
Distress Warrant


The person to whom rent is payable under a building lease or the person’s agent, attorney, assign, or other legal representative may apply to the justice of the peace in the precinct in which the building is located for a distress warrant if the tenant:

(1)

owes rent;

(2)

is about to abandon the building; or

(3)

is about to remove the tenant’s property from the building.
Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3560, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 48, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

Source: Section 54.025 — Distress Warrant, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.­54.­htm#54.­025 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

Accessed:
Jun. 5, 2024

§ 54.025’s source at texas​.gov