Texas HB4031 creates a process for removing unauthorized occupants from residential properties and establishes squatting as a criminal offense.

Texas HB4031 allows property owners, their agents, or authorized occupants to request a sheriff to remove unauthorized occupants from a dwelling. The process requires the complainant to submit a written complaint under oath or declaration, and the sheriff must serve notice on the occupant. The occupant has three days to provide evidence disputing the complainant's right to relief. If no valid evidence is provided, the sheriff must serve an immediate vacate notice, arrest the occupant for squatting, and restore possession to the rightful party.

Texas HB4031 creates a process for removing unauthorized occupants from residential properties and establishes squatting as a criminal offense.

Texas HB4031 allows property owners, their agents, or authorized occupants to request a sheriff to remove unauthorized occupants from a dwelling. The process requires the complainant to submit a written complaint under oath or declaration, and the sheriff must serve notice on the occupant. The occupant has three days to provide evidence disputing the complainant's right to relief. If no valid evidence is provided, the sheriff must serve an immediate vacate notice, arrest the occupant for squatting, and restore possession to the rightful party.