Dallas Police and Dallas County Constable’s office are teaming up to help make area residents aware of a property law that they say could save lives.
A lesser known portion of the Texas property code section 24a.002 allows victims of domestic abuse, sex offenses and stalking to break a lease without penalty. The law also allows the victimized tenant to return to the apartment or rental house to retrieve medicine, clothes, money, personal identification documents, animals and other property left behind.