The "TREC Lease Extension Form" — What It Really Is

Agents search for a "TREC lease extension form" constantly, but the search leads to a dead end for a simple reason: the Texas Real Estate Commission does not promulgate a standard residential lease, and it does not promulgate a lease extension form. TREC's promulgated contracts cover sales — the One to Four Family Residential Contract (Resale), the New Home Contracts, the Farm and Ranch Contract, the Residential Condominium Contract (Resale), and the Unimproved Property Contract. TREC's only lease-adjacent forms are the Seller's Temporary Residential Lease and the Buyer's Temporary Residential Lease, and both are short-term occupancy accessories tied to a sale closing, not tools for extending an existing lease term.

The form Texas agents actually use to extend a residential lease is a Texas REALTORS® (TXR) form: TXR 2005, Extension of Residential Lease, currently on revision 2026-01-05. It's classified as an addendum, and it applies to residential leasing and residential sales transactions. You can review the current version at /resources/forms/txr-2005. If you're a TREC-sponsored agent and a TXR member, this is the document you fill out when a landlord and tenant agree to push the lease's end date without rewriting the whole agreement.

"Extension," "renewal," and "amendment" get used loosely in day-to-day conversation, but the TXR form library treats them as distinct documents. TXR 2005, Extension of Residential Lease, is built specifically to extend the term of an existing lease — same parties, same property, new end date, and typically an updated rent figure for the extension period.

If the change isn't about the term but about something else in the lease — a pet policy, an added occupant, a rent adjustment mid-term — the correct instrument is TXR 2014, Residential Lease Amendment, or, when the change specifically concerns who's living in the unit, TXR 2211, Lease Amendment Concerning Tenant Change. If a tenant needs to leave before the lease term ends, that's a different situation entirely, handled with TXR 2012, Early Termination of Residential Lease. Picking the wrong form is a common source of confusion at renewal season, and it's worth confirming with your broker before sending anything for signature.

An extension addendum generally needs to reference the original lease it's modifying (parties, property address, and original lease date), state the new extended term with a clear start and end date, and specify whatever terms are changing for that extension period — most commonly rent, but potentially other provisions the landlord and tenant negotiate. Every party who signed the original lease should sign the extension.

Because this is a legal document that affects a binding lease, the specific language and negotiated terms should be worked out between landlord and tenant — and any question about legal effect, notice requirements, or how an extension interacts with existing lease clauses is best directed to a real estate attorney or your sponsoring broker. This guide describes how the form is generally used; it isn't legal advice.

A lease extension rarely lives in isolation — most residential leasing files also include TXR 2001, Residential Lease (or TXR 2011 for a multi-family unit), TXR 2003, Residential Lease Application, TXR 2006, Residential Lease Inventory and Condition Form, and TXR 2007, Residential Lease Guaranty, if a guarantor is involved. If lead-based paint disclosure applies, TXR 2008 covers that. On the enforcement side, TXR 2230, Notice of Late Rent Breach of Lease, and TXR 2231, Notice of Non-Rent Breach of Lease, are the standard notices when something in the lease isn't being honored.

Knowing which of these forms applies — and having them fill out correctly and route for signature without manual re-typing — is exactly the kind of workflow that eats into an agent's evenings during peak leasing season.

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