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When you don't have a right to legally break your lease in Texas, the following might happen: you lose your security deposit (the landlord withholds it to cover unpaid rent) you must pay the rent for the time remaining under the lease (unless the landlord finds a suitable replacement tenant)

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.

Texas law gives the landlord or the tenant the explicit right to end a lease early in a few specific circumstances: Military Service. ... Family Violence. ... Sexual Offenses or Stalking Victims. ... Tenant's Death. ... Landlord's Failure to Repair. ... Landlord's Failure to , Inspect, or Repair a Smoke Alarm.

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.

You cannot be evicted without notice. The landlord cannot change the locks or shut off your utilities to make you leave. Most of the time, a landlord needs to go to court before evicting you.

92.104. RETENTION OF SECURITY DEPOSIT; ACCOUNTING. (a) Before returning a security deposit, the landlord may deduct from the deposit damages and charges for which the tenant is legally liable under the lease or as a result of breaching the lease.

As long as the tenant does not violate any rules, they can stay until their rental period ends. But if the tenant stays in the property even a day after their lease/rental agreement ends and has not arranged for a renewal, landlords can issue a 30-Day Notice to Vacate.

In most cases, you won't be able to escape a rental agreement with no consequences just because you closed on a house. Some leases, however, might have something called a home buying clause in the agreement.