Lease Guarantor Agreement in Texas

A guarantor (co-signer) promises to pay if the tenant does not. Check your state's rules below before requiring one.

What Texas law says

Guarantor / co-signer rules	Texas limits how long a lease guarantor is bound: a guarantor who is not a tenant is liable only for the original lease term. A guarantor can agree in the original lease to guarantee a renewal only if the lease states the last date (chosen by the guarantor) on which a renewal will extend the guarantee, and only for a renewal that involves the same parties and does not increase the guarantor's potential rent obligation. A guarantor may separately agree in writing at renewal to guarantee a higher rent. No statute limits whether a landlord may require a co-signer or guarantor. The guarantor stays liable for costs and damages from the tenant's actions before the cutoff date, or from the tenant refusing to vacate. Source: Tex. Prop. Code § 92.021

Guarantor / co-signer rules

Texas limits how long a lease guarantor is bound: a guarantor who is not a tenant is liable only for the original lease term. A guarantor can agree in the original lease to guarantee a renewal only if the lease states the last date (chosen by the guarantor) on which a renewal will extend the guarantee, and only for a renewal that involves the same parties and does not increase the guarantor's potential rent obligation. A guarantor may separately agree in writing at renewal to guarantee a higher rent. No statute limits whether a landlord may require a co-signer or guarantor.

The guarantor stays liable for costs and damages from the tenant's actions before the cutoff date, or from the tenant refusing to vacate.

Source: Tex. Prop. Code § 92.021

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LEASE GUARANTY

Guarantor: [guarantor name], [guarantor address] Tenant: [tenant name] Landlord: [landlord name]

Lease: [rental address], dated [lease date], term [lease term].

The guarantor agrees to pay rent and other amounts the tenant owes under the lease if the tenant does not, up to $[guaranty limit or 'the amounts due under the lease'].

This guaranty covers [the original term only / renewals too]. The landlord will notify the guarantor in writing of any default.

Signatures and dates: [signatures]

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