Tex. Prop. Code Ann. §§ 94.001–94.303 § 94.009
NOTICE TO TENANT AT PRIMARY RESIDENCE.
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Sec. 94.009. NOTICE TO TENANT AT PRIMARY RESIDENCE. (a) If, at the time of signing a lease agreement or lease renewal, a tenant gives written notice to the tenant's landlord that the tenant does not occupy the manufactured home lot as a primary residence and requests in writing that the landlord send notices to the tenant at the tenant's primary residence and provides to the landlord the address of the tenant's primary residence, the landlord shall mail to the tenant's primary residence all notices required by the lease agreement, by this chapter, or by Chapter 24.(b) The tenant shall notify the landlord in writing of any change in the tenant's primary residence address. Oral notices of change are insufficient.(c) A notice to a tenant's primary residence under Subsection (a) may be sent by regular United States mail and is considered as having been given on the date of postmark of the notice.(d) If there is more than one tenant on a lease agreement, the landlord is not required under this section to send notices to the primary residence of more than one tenant.(e) This section does not apply if notice is actually hand delivered to and received by a person 16 years of age or older occupying the leased premises. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 801, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2002.
Under Texas Property Code § 94.009, when a tenant of a manufactured home lot notifies their landlord in writing—at the time of signing or renewing a lease—that the lot is not their primary residence, the landlord is required to send all legally required notices to the address the tenant designates as their primary residence. The tenant bears the ongoing responsibility to keep that address current in writing, as oral updates are not recognized. The rule does not apply if a notice is actually hand-delivered to and received by someone aged 16 or older at the leased premises, and in multi-tenant leases, the landlord need only redirect notices to one tenant's primary residence.
Plain English — not legal advice.
Under § 94.009, operators of manufactured home lot communities should establish a clear intake process at lease signing and renewal to capture any written declarations from tenants who do not occupy the lot as a primary residence, along with the alternate mailing address. Once such a declaration is on file, all notices required by the lease, Chapter 94, or Chapter 24 must be mailed to that designated address, and regular U.S. mail satisfies the delivery requirement with the postmark date serving as the notice date. Compliant operators also maintain updated records when tenants submit written changes to their primary residence address, and they document any instances where notice was hand-delivered to a person 16 or older at the premises, which eliminates the alternate-address obligation under that section.
General guidance for property managers — not legal advice for your specific situation. Consult an attorney for advice on your case.
Section 94.009 of the Texas Property Code gives tenants who do not use their manufactured home lot as a primary residence the right to have all required notices—including those under the lease, Chapter 94, and Chapter 24—sent to their actual home address, provided they make the request in writing at the time of lease signing or renewal. Tenants should be aware that any change to that primary residence address must also be communicated to the landlord in writing, since oral notifications are explicitly insufficient under this provision. If a landlord fails to send notices to a properly designated primary residence address, tenants may wish to consult a tenant-rights organization or legal aid resource to understand how that failure could affect the validity of any notice-dependent action, such as an eviction proceeding under Chapter 24.
General guidance for tenants — not legal advice for your specific situation. Consult a tenant-rights organization or attorney for advice on your case.
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