How many hours' notice must a landlord give before entering in Texas?

No fixed statutory period (see notice standard). No Texas statute requires advance notice before a landlord enters a rented home; entry rights are governed by the lease. In a manufactured home community, a statute bars the landlord from entering the tenant's manufactured home unless the tenant is present and consents or has given written consent for a specified date and time, except in an emergency or after the tenant abandons the home, and a lease cannot waive that rule (Tex. Prop. Code §§ 94.003, 94.004).

What reasons allow a landlord to enter a rental in Texas?

No Texas statute lists permitted reasons for entering a rented home. Entry is limited to whatever the lease provides, bounded by the tenant's right to quiet enjoyment, which Texas courts treat as an implied term of every lease, and by the lockout statute (§ 92.0081). In a manufactured home community, the landlord may enter the tenant's manufactured home without consent only in an emergency or after the tenant abandons the home, and then in a reasonable manner and at a reasonable time (§ 94.004(c)).

Can a landlord enter without notice in an emergency in Texas?

Yes — Texas recognizes an emergency exception to the entry-notice requirement.

How much notice must a landlord give before entering in Texas?

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Texas has no statute requiring landlords to give advance notice before entering a rented home — entry rights come from the lease, and the tenant's right to quiet enjoyment, which Texas courts treat as an implied term of every lease, can be breached by a landlord who enters more often than necessary, at unreasonable times, or in violation of the lease.

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The heavily regulated entry-adjacent area is lockouts, which § 92.0081 tightly restricts. A manufactured home community is the exception: there the landlord may not enter the tenant's manufactured home without the tenant's consent, except in an emergency or after abandonment (§ 94.004).

Texas entry notice at a glance

Advance notice required	No fixed statutory period (see notice standard)
Notice standard	No Texas statute requires advance notice before a landlord enters a rented home; entry rights are governed by the lease. In a manufactured home community, a statute bars the landlord from entering the tenant's manufactured home unless the tenant is present and consents or has given written consent for a specified date and time, except in an emergency or after the tenant abandons the home, and a lease cannot waive that rule (Tex. Prop. Code §§ 94.003, 94.004).
Permitted reasons	No Texas statute lists permitted reasons for entering a rented home. Entry is limited to whatever the lease provides, bounded by the tenant's right to quiet enjoyment, which Texas courts treat as an implied term of every lease, and by the lockout statute (§ 92.0081). In a manufactured home community, the landlord may enter the tenant's manufactured home without consent only in an emergency or after the tenant abandons the home, and then in a reasonable manner and at a reasonable time (§ 94.004(c)).
Emergency exception	Yes
Time-of-day restrictions	Not addressed by statute

Cite this page: "Landlord Atlas, Texas Landlord Entry Notice Laws (verified October 1, 2026), landlordatlas.com/laws/entry-notice/texas/" — free to cite and quote with a link (how these records are verified). Everything above is cited in the citations section below.

Notes and caveats

The blank means no statute exists, not that data is missing — The entry-notice answer is empty because no Texas entry-notice statute exists.
'No statutory notice' is not 'unrestricted entry' — Read that empty answer as the absence of a statutory floor, not as an absence of limits — entry rights are governed by the lease.
Why the entry topic carries these citations — The Texas State Law Library's answer on landlord entry is cited for the lease-based framework and the implied covenant of quiet enjoyment; § 92.0081 is cited because it covers the adjacent lockout rules, and § 94.004 because it governs entry into a tenant's manufactured home in a manufactured home community.

Common questions: Texas entry notice

Each answer is the verified value from the table above, restated as a direct answer. Free to quote with a link to this page.

How many hours' notice must a landlord give before entering in Texas?: No fixed statutory period (see notice standard). No Texas statute requires advance notice before a landlord enters a rented home; entry rights are governed by the lease. In a manufactured home community, a statute bars the landlord from entering the tenant's manufactured home unless the tenant is present and consents or has given written consent for a specified date and time, except in an emergency or after the tenant abandons the home, and a lease cannot waive that rule (Tex. Prop. Code §§ 94.003, 94.004).
What reasons allow a landlord to enter a rental in Texas?: No Texas statute lists permitted reasons for entering a rented home. Entry is limited to whatever the lease provides, bounded by the tenant's right to quiet enjoyment, which Texas courts treat as an implied term of every lease, and by the lockout statute (§ 92.0081). In a manufactured home community, the landlord may enter the tenant's manufactured home without consent only in an emergency or after the tenant abandons the home, and then in a reasonable manner and at a reasonable time (§ 94.004(c)).
Can a landlord enter without notice in an emergency in Texas?: Yes — Texas recognizes an emergency exception to the entry-notice requirement.
Are there time-of-day limits on when a landlord can enter in Texas?: Not addressed by statute.

Citations

Texas State Law Library, Can my landlord enter my rental property without permission? (verified 2026) Official source
Tex. Prop. Code § 92.0081 (verified 2026) Official source
Tex. Prop. Code §§ 94.003, 94.004 (verified 2026) Official source

How this record was verified: Web verification against the Texas State Law Library landlord-tenant guides (guides.sll.texas.gov, official state source summarizing Prop. Code ch. 92) and full statute text of Prop. Code §§ 92.019, 92.103, 92.104, 92.107, 92.109 via legal databases; statutes.capitol.texas.gov URLs cited for the official text. September 5, 2026 addendum: statutes.capitol.texas.gov stopped serving section text (it returns an application shell), so every statute citation on this record was re-pointed to the Texas Legislative Council's host at tcss.legis.texas.gov, and the eviction figures were re-read there the same day; the earlier reads stand as recorded. October 1, 2026: every section the security deposit, rent increase, late fee and entry answers rest on was read again on the Texas Legislative Council's host, tcss.legis.texas.gov, current through the 89th Legislature's 2nd Called Session (no session has met in 2026): Property Code section 91.001, chapter 92 (including sections 92.0081, 92.019, 92.0191, 92.101 to 92.113 and 92.351), sections 94.003, 94.004 and 94.055, and Local Government Code section 214.902. Rule 510 of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure was read in the rules as the Supreme Court of Texas publishes them (last amended July 1, 2026).