The person to whom rent is payable under a building lease or the person's agent, attorney, assign, or other legal representative may apply to the justice of the peace in the precinct in which the building is located for a distress warrant if the tenant:
(1) owes rent;
(2) is about to abandon the building; or
(3) is about to remove the tenant's property from the building.
Official text of the Texas Property Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.