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2025 Texas Statutes
Property Code
Title 8 - Landlord and Tenant
Chapter 94 - Manufactured Home Tenancies
Subchapter D. Premises Condition, Maintenance, and Repairs
Section 94.154. Burden of Proof
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TX Prop § 94.154 (2025)
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Sec. 94.154. BURDEN OF PROOF. (a) Except as provided by this section, the tenant has the burden of proof in a judicial action to enforce a right resulting from the landlord's failure to repair or remedy a condition under Section 94.153.
(b) If the landlord does not provide a written explanation for delay in performing a duty to repair or remedy on or before the fifth day after receiving from the tenant a written demand for an explanation, the landlord has the burden of proving that the landlord made a diligent effort to repair and that a reasonable time for repair did not elapse.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 801, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2002.
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