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Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 214.909

DOCUMENT VERIFYING CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 464 (H.B. 4753), Sec. 1, eff

(a) A municipality shall issue a document to the owner of a building verifying that the municipality has issued an original certificate of occupancy for the building if:

(1) the owner requests the document; and

(2) the municipality has a record of issuing the original certificate of occupancy for the building.

(b) A municipality may not adopt or enforce an ordinance, regulation, or other measure that requires the owner of a building issued a document described by Subsection (a) for the building to obtain or display the original certificate of occupancy for the building.

(c) A municipality must allow the owner of a building to display a document described by Subsection (a) issued for the building in lieu of the building's original certificate of occupancy.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.