Free Texas Early Termination Addendum Template

Last reviewed September 2026

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Texas Early Termination Addendum

This Early Termination Addendum is built with Texas as the governing state. These are the Texas landlord-tenant rules that most often bear on it, with the statute for each.

Texas rules at a glance

Texas rules for an Early Termination Addendum
Military	A servicemember who enters service or receives PCS or 90-day-plus deployment orders may terminate; for monthly leases it takes effect 30 days after the next rent due date (§92.017).
Month-to-month termination	One month’s notice unless the lease sets a different periodTex. Prop. Code §91.001

Ending a Texas tenancy

A fixed-term lease simply ends on its end date unless the lease requires notice. A periodic tenancy ends on the later of the date in the notice or one full rent period after notice is given — unless both parties signed an agreement setting a different period (§91.001).

Texas notice periods
Month-to-month	One month (or the period the lease sets)Tex. Prop. Code §91.001(b), (e)
Week-to-week	One rent period (7 days) unless the lease says otherwiseTex. Prop. Code §91.001(c), (e)
Notice to vacate before eviction	3 days unless the lease sets a shorter or longer periodTex. Prop. Code §24.005(a)

SB 38 (suits filed from January 1, 2026) — If the tenant wasn’t late before the month the notice is given, a nonpayment notice must be a notice to pay rent or vacate; for a tenant with prior late payments it may be either form. The notice must go by mail, delivery to a conspicuous place inside the premises, hand delivery to a tenant 16 or older, or — only if agreed in writing — email or other electronic means (§24.005(a), (f-3)).
Family violence — A tenant with a qualifying protective order or documentation may end the lease on 30 days’ written notice and avoid future rent (§92.016).
Sexual assault & stalking — A victim of certain sexual offenses, or of stalking on the premises, within the preceding six months (or the victim’s parent or guardian living with them) may end the lease on 30 days’ written notice with the required documentation (§92.0161).
Military — A servicemember who enters service or receives PCS or 90-day-plus deployment orders may terminate; for monthly leases it takes effect 30 days after the next rent due date (§92.017).
Required warning — The lease must say, substantially, “Tenants may have special statutory rights to terminate the lease early in certain situations involving family violence or a military deployment or transfer” — and a similar statement for certain sexual offenses or stalking. Without them, a terminating tenant is also released from past-due rent (§§92.016(f), 92.0161(g), 92.017(g)).

Texas Early Termination Addendum FAQs

How much notice is required to end a month-to-month lease in Texas?

At least one month from either side; the tenancy ends on the later of the date in the notice or one month after it’s given. The parties can agree in a signed lease to a different notice period (§91.001).

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