A fillable residential lease for Texas rentals

Chapter 92 of the Property Code governs residential security deposits. The clause in this lease states that the deposit is refunded within thirty days after the tenant surrenders the premises and gives written notice of a forwarding address, which is the timing a landlord should be working to.

Writing the deposit amount and the return window into the same document as the rent and term means there is one sheet to consult rather than three. If a deduction is disputed later, the lease is the reference point for both parties.

A late fee is only enforceable within limits. Section 92.019 caps what may be charged and requires a grace period before any fee applies, so the clause here ties the fee to a stated grace period rather than asserting an amount with no basis.

That matters in justice court, where an inflated late fee can undermine an otherwise clean eviction case. A modest, properly framed fee is worth more than an aggressive one that will not survive review.

Texas tenants must be able to request repairs, and landlords need a clear record that a request arrived. The lease names the address for written repair notices, which turns a phone call into something both sides can point to later.

Fill that address on the form and it prints in the same block as the landlord details, so the tenant has no reason to claim they did not know where to send notice.

Enter the landlord details, the premises address, the tenant names, the term dates, the monthly rent, the day rent is due and the deposit. Anything left blank prints blank, which is deliberate: a lease with an invented landlord name is worse than a lease with a line for one.

Choose Letter for a standard file copy or Legal where you keep a longer packet, add signature fields over the signature lines, and print at actual size so the paper matches the file. The preview carries a diagonal watermark until a credit is spent on the clean copy.