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2021 Texas Statutes
Property Code
Title 8 - Landlord and Tenant
Chapter 94 - Manufactured Home Tenancies
Subchapter F. Prohibited Acts
Section 94.256. Eviction Suits
Universal Citation: TX Prop § 94.256 (2021)
Sec. 94.256. EVICTION SUITS. In an eviction suit, retaliation by the landlord under Section 94.251 is a defense and a rent deduction lawfully made by the tenant under this chapter is a defense for nonpayment of the rent to the extent allowed by this chapter. Other judicial actions under this chapter, excluding an action that would be permitted under Chapter 24, may not be joined with an eviction suit or asserted as a defense or cross-claim in an eviction suit.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 801, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2002.
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