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Utilities and Landlord-Tenant Issues

Eviction & Other Landlord Issues

This article provides information about unlawful utility disconnection in Texas.

Learn more about unlawful utility disconnection in Texas and forms you can use to enforce your right to utilities. This page also includes forms to enforce your right to utilities.

Special thanks to the Austin Tenants Council for their contributions to this article. 

Utility Issues for Renters

The article includes information on topics such as:

  • Tenant's right to utilities
  • What to do if a landlord shuts off utilities illegally 
  • Rules for how landlords must calculate utilities
  • What to do if a landlord is supposed to pay utilities but does not

Utility Restoration Demand Form

In the event that your utilities have been unlawfully interrupted, use this Unlawful Utility Interruption Worksheet to demand that your landlord restore your utilities.

Court Forms

In the event that your utilities have been unlawfully interrupted, use this Writ of Restoration Application to ask the court to order the landlord to restore your utilities.

In the event that your utilities have been unlawfully interrupted, use this Writ of Restoration Order for the court to sign, ordering the landlord to restore utilities.

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