Tex. Prop. Code § 24.001

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.

Section 24.001 - Forcible Entry and Detainer

(a) A person commits a forcible entry and detainer if the person enters the real property of another without legal authority or by force and refuses to surrender possession on demand.

(b) For the purposes of this chapter, a forcible entry is:

(1) an entry without the consent of the person in actual possession of the property;

(2) an entry without the consent of a tenant at will or by sufferance; or

(3) an entry without the consent of a person who acquired possession by forcible entry.

Tex. Prop. Code § 24.001

Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 688, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1989.

Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3514, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. 1/1/1984.