Tyler does not require landlords to register or license residential rentals and runs no proactive rental-inspection program. Housing complaints are handled reactively by Code Enforcement under City Code Chapter 18 and the Texas Property Code.
Unlike some Texas cities, Tyler has adopted no mandatory rental-registration or annual rental-inspection ordinance for single-family or general residential rentals. There is no landlord license and no per-unit registration fee. Instead, minimum housing and property standards are enforced on a complaint basis by City of Tyler Code Enforcement under City Code Chapter 18, which addresses substandard and dangerous structures. A landlord's duty to repair conditions that materially affect a tenant's physical health or safety is set by Texas Property Code Section 92.052, with a rebuttable presumption that seven days is a reasonable time to make repairs after proper written notice.
Operating a rental needs no registration, so there is no failure-to-register penalty in Tyler. Substandard or dangerous housing draws Code Enforcement citations and repair orders under City Code Chapter 18.
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