Selling your home without an agent inTexas

Tex. Prop. Code § 5.008(a)

A Texas seller of residential real property with no more than one dwelling unit must give the purchaser the § 5.008 written notice or a substantially similar notice containing every statutory minimum item.

Tex. Prop. Code § 5.008(d)

The Texas § 5.008 notice must be completed and signed to the best of the seller’s belief and knowledge as of completion; an unknown required item is marked unknown.

Tex. Prop. Code § 5.008(e)

Texas § 5.008 contains a transfer-exemption list, so a seller must test the complete subsection (e) list before treating the condition notice as required or exempt.

Tex. Prop. Code § 5.008(e)(10)-(11)

Texas § 5.008 exempts a never-occupied new residence of no more than one dwelling unit and property where any dwelling is no more than five percent of the property value.

Tex. Prop. Code § 5.008(f), first sentence

A covered Texas seller must deliver the § 5.008 notice on or before the effective date of the executory contract binding the purchaser.

Tex. Prop. Code § 5.016(a)

For covered Texas residential property that will remain encumbered by a recorded lien at conveyance, the transferor must give the purchaser and each lienholder the separate statutory disclosure at least seven days before the earlier specified transaction event.

Tex. Prop. Code § 5.016(b)

Subject to § 5.016(c) and (d), a purchaser who contracted without the required recorded-lien disclosure may terminate through the seventh day after receiving it.

Tex. Const. art. VIII, § 29(a)

Texas Constitution Article VIII, § 29 bars enactment after January 1, 2016 of a transfer tax on a transaction conveying fee-simple title to real property.

Tex. Prop. Code § 5.010(a)

A Texas owner contracting to transfer an interest in vacant land must include the prescribed bold notice about possible additional tax liability, unless a statutory exception or alternative contract paragraph applies.

Tex. Prop. Code § 5.014(a)

A person proposing to sell or convey Texas real property in a covered public improvement district must first give the purchaser the applicable statutory assessment notice.

42 U.S.C. § 4851b(27)

Federal lead-disclosure law generally defines target housing as housing constructed before 1978, subject to the statutory elderly, disability, zero-bedroom, child-occupancy, and jurisdiction-specific exceptions.

42 U.S.C. § 4852d(a)(1)(B)

Before a purchaser or lessee is contractually obligated for target housing, the seller or lessor must disclose known lead-based paint or hazards and provide available lead-hazard evaluation reports.

42 U.S.C. § 4852d(a)(1)(C)

For a target-housing sale, the seller must permit the purchaser a 10-day lead risk-assessment or inspection period unless the parties mutually agree to a different period.

Tex. Prop. Code § 207.003(a)

For a covered Texas subdivision association, the association generally must deliver current restrictions, bylaws/rules, and a resale certificate within 10 business days after a valid written request and verified authority.

Tex. Prop. Code § 207.004(b)

If a Texas association misses the first Chapter 207 deadline and then misses the fifth business day after a properly delivered second request, the owner enters the statutory remedy and buyer-affidavit path.

Tex. Prop. Code § 5.012(a)

A Texas seller of residential property with no more than one dwelling unit that is subject to mandatory property-owners-association membership must give the purchaser the prescribed association notice.

Tex. Prop. Code § 5.012(d)

If a covered contract was entered without the § 5.012 association notice, the purchaser may terminate within the earlier of seven days after receipt or the transfer date.

Tex. Prop. Code § 82.157(a)

A covered Texas non-declarant condominium unit owner must furnish the purchaser the current declaration, bylaws, association rules, and a resale certificate prepared within the preceding three months before contract execution or conveyance.

Tex. Prop. Code § 82.157(b)

After a Texas unit owner’s written request, the condominium association generally has 10 days to furnish the signed and dated resale certificate to the selling owner or agent.

Austin City Code § 6-7-35(B)

Applies in Austin city

A condominium-unit owner generally follows the residential audit and disclosure rules unless a qualifying condominium multifamily audit exists and is disclosed to the purchaser or prospective purchaser before the time of sale.

TREC Seller’s Disclosure Notice page — Form ID 55-1

The Texas Real Estate Commission’s current official seller-notice pointer identifies Form 55-1, effective May 28, 2026, for § 5.008 information.

Austin City Code § 6-7-1(8)

Applies in Austin city

Chapter 6-7 defines time of sale as the effective date of the executory contract binding the purchaser to buy the property.

Tex. Prop. Code § 5.008(f), second sentence

If the contract was entered without the required Texas § 5.008 notice, the purchaser may terminate for any reason within seven days after receiving the notice.

Tex. Prop. Code § 5.011(a)

A Texas seller of an interest in real property must give the statutory possible-annexation notice unless a § 5.011(c) exemption applies.

Tex. Prop. Code § 5.011(b)

The Texas possible-annexation notice is due before the executory contract binds the purchaser.

Tex. Prop. Code § 5.013(a)

A seller of Texas unimproved real property intended for residential use must disclose the location of covered transportation pipelines, subject to the title-commitment exception in § 5.013(f).

Tex. Prop. Code § 5.019(a)

Texas § 5.019 applies to a residential or commercial sale adjoining a Chapter 11 impoundment with at least 5,000 acre-feet of normal operating storage.

Tex. Prop. Code § 5.019(c)

A covered Texas water-level-fluctuation notice is due on or before the executory contract effective date.

Tex. Prop. Code § 5.205

A Texas seller of property that may be subject to an existing private transfer-fee obligation must give a potential purchaser written notice that the obligation may be governed by Subchapter G.

Tex. Prop. Code § 5.253

Effective September 1, 2025, Texas Property Code § 5.253 restricts specified governmental entities, organizations, companies, and individuals connected to a designated country from purchasing or otherwise acquiring Texas real-property interests.

Tex. Water Code § 49.452(f)

For covered Texas district property, the purchaser notice must be given before execution of a binding sale contract, separately or in the contract.

Tex. Water Code § 49.452(h)

At closing of a covered Texas district sale, seller and purchaser must execute and acknowledge a separate current notice copy for recording in the county deed records.

Austin City Code § 6-7-1(7)

Applies in Austin city

For Chapter 6-7, a residential facility is a site with four or fewer dwelling units.

Austin City Code § 6-7-11(A)

Applies in Austin city

A covered residential owner must have the facility energy audit completed in time to meet Article 2 disclosure deadlines.

Austin City Code § 6-7-11(B)

Applies in Austin city

The person conducting a required residential audit must provide a copy to the director within thirty days after completion.

Austin City Code § 6-7-12(1)

Applies in Austin city

When the sale contract has an option period allowing termination for any reason, the covered owner must provide the audit copy no later than three days before the option period ends.

Austin City Code § 6-7-12(2)

Applies in Austin city

Without an option period, the covered owner must provide the audit concurrently with the state-law seller disclosure, or, when no state-law seller disclosure is required, before the ordinance-defined time of sale.

Austin City Code § 6-7-13(A)

Applies in Austin city

Article 2 excludes the listed foreclosure and deed-in-lieu transfers, qualifying pre-foreclosure short sales, eminent-domain transfers, no-consideration family transfers, court-order or probate transfers, and specified marital transfers.

Austin City Code § 6-7-13(B)(1)

Applies in Austin city

Article 2 excludes a residential facility constructed no more than ten years before the ordinance-defined time of sale.

Austin City Code § 6-7-13(B)(2)-(3)

Applies in Austin city

Chapter 6-7 provides conditional ten-year exemption paths for qualifying participation in specified Austin Energy or equivalent programs; participation alone should not be treated as sufficient without checking every stated condition.

Austin City Code § 6-7-13(B)(5)

Applies in Austin city

Article 2 excludes manufactured housing built on a permanent chassis and designed for use without a permanent foundation.

Austin City Code § 6-7-42(A)

Applies in Austin city

Chapter 6-7 makes each prohibited act or failure to perform a required act a separate criminal offense.

Austin City Code § 6-7-5(A)

Applies in Austin city

A required residential ECAD audit must be conducted by a director-approved certified building-performance analyst or equivalent and use the prescribed audit and disclosure forms.

Austin City Code § 6-7-5(B)

Applies in Austin city

A compliant ECAD audit may satisfy Chapter 6-7 for ten years after it was first performed unless a more recent compliant audit exists.

Austin Energy ECAD Sellers > applicability

Applies in Austin city

Austin Energy instructs that residential ECAD sale duties apply only when the home is within both Austin city limits and the Austin Energy service area and is at least ten years old.

Austin Energy ECAD Sellers > Option 1

Applies in Austin city

Austin Energy says the qualified professional provides the audit to Austin Energy and an Audit Certificate for attachment to the seller disclosure notice.

Austin Energy ECAD Variances > Buyer Plans to Demolish Home

Applies in Austin city

Austin Energy’s demolition-variance path requires seller and buyer to complete the City variance application, with the buyer agreeing to apply for demolition no later than six months after sale.

Austin Energy ECAD Variances > Buyer Plans to Demolish Home

Applies in Austin city

If the buyer misses the demolition permit-application commitment, Austin Energy says the buyer must file an ECAD audit within thirty days after written City notification.

Austin Energy Residential ECAD FAQs > Energy Efficiency Improvements

Applies in Austin city

Austin Energy states that the residential ECAD ordinance does not require the residential customer to invest in energy-efficiency improvements.

Austin Energy Residential ECAD FAQs > Exemptions

Applies in Austin city

Austin Energy says past electricity bills do not replace the required ECAD audit; the audit is the required document unless an exemption or variance applies.