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Breaking a lease early in Texas usually means paying your landlord a reletting fee?but not always. Unfortunately, Texas tenants hoping to break their lease early don't have a lot of legal leverage. Your landlord isn't required to let you terminate your lease, except in a handful of very specific scenarios.

Do Lease Agreements Need to Be Notarized in Texas? No, Texas Lease Agreements do not need to be notarized. They just need to be signed by the Tenant and Landlord.

There are five essential elements of a valid lease: offer, acceptance, mutual assent, execution and delivery, and consideration. In addition, the Texas Property Code imposes certain default requirements on landlords and tenants if a lease does not make its own provisions.

1) You must provide written notice of your intent to terminate early, including a move- out date. 2) Your written termination notice must include payment of the reletting fee listed in paragraph 28 of your lease agreement. The reletting fee is typically 150% of one month's rent.

Be aware that if you are in a month-to-month tenancy, the landlord or tenant must only give 30 days' notice before the lease ends. If the lease term is more than one year, it must be in writing, or it is unenforceable. Description of Property: A lease must accurately describe the property being leased.

You can end the lease by giving your landlord a month's notice. However, the landlord can also end the lease by giving you a month's notice.