Texas Lease Template vs Texas Landlord Compliance Guide
A lease template and a compliance guide do different jobs. A template gives you a document to sign. Our Texas guide explains the rules that the document, and everything you do under it, has to live inside. They are complements, not substitutes, and many landlords who use one will want the other.
What the three services show
Rocket Lawyer’s Texas Lease Agreement page shows a customizable template with a free 7-day trial. It cites Tex. Prop. Code §§ 92.102, 92.108, 92.019 and Ch. 92 Subch. D and F, and says “Last reviewed or updated on Oct 28, 2024”. It shows no 2025 or 2026 statement.
LegalZoom’s residential lease page lists Deluxe at $29 and Premier at $49, a lease plus “state-required disclosure forms”. The page shows no statutes and no 2025 or 2026 statement.
TurboTenant’s plans page lists Free, Essentials at $149/yr and Pro at $199/yr (1-10 units), with “50+ state-specific lease templates”. It shows no statute citations and no 2025 or 2026 statement.
A missing date statement does not mean their documents are out of date. It means only that the page we read does not say.
Side by side
| Rocket Lawyer Texas lease | LegalZoom residential lease | TurboTenant | Hexloom Texas guide | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | Customizable lease template | Lease plus state-required disclosure forms | Plans including state-specific lease templates | Compliance guide for self-managing owners of 1-4 units, 2026 edition |
| Price | Free 7-day trial; price after the trial not stated on the page we read | Deluxe $29, Premier $49 | Free; Essentials $149/yr; Pro $199/yr (1-10 units) | $29 one-time |
| Formats | Customizable template; file format not stated on the page we read | Not stated on the page we read | Not stated on the page we read | Web guide delivered right after checkout, no account, no PDF promised |
| Covers which states | Texas (this page) | Not stated on the page we read | 50+ state-specific lease templates; states not stated on the page we read | Texas (one guide per state) |
| Statute citations | Tex. Prop. Code §§ 92.102, 92.108, 92.019 and Ch. 92 Subch. D and F | None shown on the page | None shown on the page | Every rule cited to the Tex. Prop. Code |
| Date or updates statement | Last reviewed Oct 28, 2024; no 2025/2026 statement | No 2025/2026 statement | No 2025/2026 statement | States the date last checked against the statute text; covers the rules in force since SB 38 (1 Jan 2026) |
| Includes forms | The lease template | The lease and state-required disclosure forms | Lease templates | Ready-to-copy notices and checklists; no leases or forms-to-sign |
| What it will not do | Not stated on the page we read | Not stated on the page we read | Not stated on the page we read | Does not generate leases or forms-to-sign; not legal advice; no substitute for a landlord-tenant attorney in a dispute or eviction |
Where they are better
- They produce the signable document. That is the whole point of a template, and our guide does not do it.
- Trials and tiers. Rocket Lawyer offers a free 7-day trial and TurboTenant lists a free plan, so you can try before you pay.
- Disclosure forms. LegalZoom lists state-required disclosure forms with the lease.
- Statute cites on the page. The Rocket Lawyer page cites Texas Property Code sections itself.
- Breadth of states. TurboTenant lists 50+ state-specific lease templates; we cover five states.
Where we are better
- We explain the rules. The guide covers the rules the lease must live inside, with every rule cited to the Tex. Prop. Code.
- Current Texas rules. It covers the rules in force since SB 38 (1 Jan 2026).
- A stated check date. Each guide says when it was last checked against the statute text.
- Notices and checklists. Ready-to-copy notices and checklists.
- Price shape. $29 one-time, with no yearly plan; TurboTenant’s paid plans are listed per year.
Which should you buy?
- Need a lease first? Use a template service, or an attorney. Our guide will not produce one, and the guide is not a substitute for it.
- Already have a lease and want the rules? Our Texas guide is the better fit.
- Many landlords will want both: a lease from one place and the rules from another. LegalZoom’s Deluxe tier is listed at $29, the same as ours, but the two buy different things.
Ours is informational, not legal advice, and neither a template nor our guide replaces a landlord-tenant attorney in a dispute or an eviction.
Facts about other products were taken from the pages linked above on 5 October 2026; check them before you buy.
Sources
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Informational only, not legal advice. Hexloom Labs sells one of the products compared on this page; we have tried to be fair and corrections are welcome through the support page.