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What action can a tenant take if a property manager refuses to provide name and address of owner in Texas?
<p>So it is my understanding that in Texas under Texas Property Code Section 92.201, a property manager has a duty to disclose the name and either street or post office box of address of holder of record title (the owner).</p>

<p>I am concerned that comments in this link lack an understanding of why a tenant would want to be able to communicate with the real owner of the property and not the company they use. </p>

<p><a href="https://www.texasrealestate.com/members/posts/does-a-property-manager-have-to-disclose-a-landlords-name/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.texasrealestate.com/members/posts/does-a-property-manager-have-to-disclose-a-landlords-name/</a></p>

<p>I am aware as mentioned in comments in the link above that it is a matter of public record, but it is certainly due diligence for a tenant to ask for it anyways, especially since public records may only provide a name and not necessarily and address and because Texas Property Code Section 92.201 says so.</p>

<p>Anyway, what recourse does a tenant have if the property manager does not provide that information? </p>

<p><a href="https://texas.public.law/statutes/tex._prop._code_section_92.201" rel="nofollow noreferrer">§201</a> says that "A landlord shall disclose to a tenant...the name and either a street or post office box address of the holder of record title, according to the deed records in the county clerks office, of the dwelling rented by the tenant"; <a href="https://texas.public.law/statutes/tex._prop._code_section_92.001" rel="nofollow noreferrer">§01</a> defines "Landlord" as "the owner, lessor, or sublessor of a dwelling, but does not include a manager or agent of the landlord unless the manager or agent purports to be the owner, lessor, or sublessor in an oral or written lease". Thus the owner must reveal the landlord's name and address, but the management company does not have to. For the specific purpose of process serving, <a href="https://texas.public.law/statutes/tex._prop._code_section_92.003" rel="nofollow noreferrer">§3</a> says who to serve – the management company if you've been given their name and address, or the management company, on-premise manager, or rent collector serving the dwelling otherwise. If the landlord (owner) does not provide the information within a week, under <a href="https://texas.public.law/statutes/tex._prop._code_section_92.202" rel="nofollow noreferrer">§202</a>, "A landlord is liable to a tenant", which means you can sue them. <a href="https://texas.public.law/statutes/tex._prop._code_section_92.205" rel="nofollow noreferrer">§205</a> says what your remedies are:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>(1) a court order directing the landlord to make a disclosure required
  by this subchapter; (2) a judgment against the landlord for an amount
  equal to the tenants actual costs in discovering the information
  required to be disclosed by this subchapter; (3) a judgment against
  the landlord for one months rent plus $100; (4) a judgment against the
  landlord for court costs and attorneys fees; and (5) unilateral
  termination of the lease without a court proceeding.</p>
</blockquote>
