HB577 - Relating to the notice period for certain evictions.

  89R2479 CS-D     By: Bucy H.B. No. 577       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the notice period for certain evictions.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 24.005, Property Code, is amended by   amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to   read as follows:          (a)   Except as otherwise provided by Subsection (b-1), if   [ 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 14   [ 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. A landlord who files a forcible detainer suit on   grounds that the tenant is holding over beyond the end of the rental   term or renewal period must also comply with the tenancy   termination requirements of Section 91.001.          (b)   Except as otherwise provided by Subsection (b-1), if   [ If ] the occupant is a tenant at will or by sufferance, the landlord   must give the tenant at least 14 [ three ] days' written notice to   vacate 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. If a building is purchased at a tax   foreclosure sale or a trustee's foreclosure sale under a lien   superior to the tenant's lease and the tenant timely pays rent and   is not otherwise in default under the tenant's lease after   foreclosure, the purchaser must give a residential tenant of the   building at least 30 days' written notice to vacate if the purchaser   chooses not to continue the lease. The tenant is considered to   timely pay the rent under this subsection if, during the month of   the foreclosure sale, the tenant pays the rent for that month to the   landlord before receiving any notice that a foreclosure sale is   scheduled during the month or pays the rent for that month to the   foreclosing lienholder or the purchaser at foreclosure not later   than the fifth day after the date of receipt of a written notice of   the name and address of the purchaser that requests payment. Before   a foreclosure sale, a foreclosing lienholder may give written   notice to a tenant stating that a foreclosure notice has been given   to the landlord or owner of the property and specifying the date of   the foreclosure.           (b-1)     Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (b), if the   landlord terminates the lease as provided by Section 91.003, the   landlord may file a forcible detainer suit on or after the third day   after the date the landlord gives notice to a tenant under a written   lease or oral rental agreement or at will or by sufferance.          SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to   an eviction suit in which the notice to vacate is given on or after   the effective date of this Act. An eviction suit in which the notice   to vacate is given before the effective date of this Act is governed   by the law as it existed immediately before the effective date of   this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.