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NOTICE TO VACATE

Date:____________________

Tenant (s):___________________________________________________________________

Address of rented premises:

____________________________________________________________________________

Signed _______________________________ Printed Name: ___________________________

Address:_______________________________________ Telephone No.:_________________

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Pursuant to Texas Property Code § 24.005(f) this notice was: (check all that apply):

_____ given in person to any one of the above named tenant(s) at the rented premises,

_____ personally delivered to any person residing at the premises 16 years of age or older,

_____ affixed to the inside of the main entry door,

_____sent by MAIL to the premises in question: ___ regular ___ registered ___certified

OR

_____ (1) the premises has no mailbox and has a keyless bolting device, alarm system, or

dangerous animal that prevents the landlord from entering the premises to affix the notice to

vacate to the inside of the main entry door; or

_____(2) the landlord reasonably believes that harm to any person would result from

personal delivery to the tenant or a person residing at the premises or from personal delivery

to the premises by affixing the notice to the inside of the main entry door.

Texas Property Code §24.005(f-2): Notice to vacate under Subsection (f-1) is considered

Texas Property Code Sec. 24.005. NOTICE TO VACATE PRIOR TO FILING EVICTION SUIT. (a) 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 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) If the occupant is a tenant at will or by sufferance, the landlord must give the tenant at least 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

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.

(c) If the occupant is a tenant of a person who acquired possession by forcible entry, the landlord must give the person at least

three days' written notice to vacate before the landlord files a forcible detainer suit.

(d) In all situations in which the entry by the occupant was a forcible entry under Section 24.001, the person entitled to

possession must give the occupant oral or written notice to vacate before the landlord files a forcible entry and detainer suit.

The notice to vacate under this subsection may be to vacate immediately or by a specified deadline.

Notice in person may be by personal delivery to the tenant or any person residing at the premises who is 16 years of age or older

or personal delivery to the premises and affixing the notice to the inside of the main entry door. Notice by mail may be by

regular mail, by registered mail, or by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the premises in question.

(f-1) As an alternative to the procedures of Subsection (f), a landlord may deliver the notice to vacate by securely affixing to

the outside of the main entry door a sealed envelope that contains the notice and on which is written the tenant's name, address,

and in all capital letters, the words "IMPORTANT DOCUMENT" or substantially similar language and, not later than 5 p.m. of

the same day, depositing in the mail in the same county in which the premises in question is located a copy of the notice to the

tenant if:

(f-2) Notice to vacate under Subsection (f-1) is considered delivered on the date the envelope is affixed to the outside of the

door and is deposited in the mail, regardless of the date the notice is received.

(g) The notice period is calculated from the day on which the notice is delivered.

(h) A notice to vacate shall be considered a demand for possession for purposes of Subsection (b) of Section 24.002.

(i) If before the notice to vacate is given as required by this section the landlord has given a written notice or reminder

to the tenant that rent is due and unpaid, the landlord may include in the notice to vacate required by this section a

demand that the tenant pay the delinquent rent or vacate the premises by the date and time stated in the notice.