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title: "Extract the surrender and repair clauses at the end of a commercial lease"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/commercial-property-and-leasing/summarise-make-good-and-reinstatement-obligations-at-lease-end/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A10-B7-3-US"
practice_area: "Commercial Property & Leasing"
tier: "green"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Extract the surrender and repair clauses at the end of a commercial lease

> Copy into a table each clause that deals with surrender, removal of alterations, repair, or a stated end-of-term charge. Columns are clause, the words used, and any amount or computation method printed in the lease.…

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Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Commercial Property & Leasing](https://ailawframework.com/practice/commercial-property-and-leasing.md) |
| Human involvement | Green: AI drafts, lawyer checks |
| How AI is used | Copy into a table each clause that deals with surrender, removal of alterations, repair, or a stated end-of-term charge. Columns are clause, the words used, and any amount or computation method printed in the lease. Do not decide what the tenant must pay. |
| What the lawyer must review | Texas Property Code § 93.012 bars a commercial landlord from assessing a charge other than rent or physical damage unless the amount or the method is stated in the lease, an exhibit or attachment, or an amendment. Section 93.005 requires a security-deposit refund no later than the 60th day after surrender and notice of the forwarding address under § 93.009. You apply those sections to the clauses. Chapter 93 is commercial only. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Summarise make-good and reinstatement obligations at lease end](https://ailawframework.com/practice/commercial-property-and-leasing/summarise-make-good-and-reinstatement-obligations-at-lease-end.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: Copy into a table each clause that deals with surrender, removal of alterations, repair, or a stated end-of-term charge. Columns are clause, the words used, and any amount or computation method printed in the lease. Do not decide what the tenant must pay.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- The tenant does not forfeit the deposit by failing to give a forwarding address, but the landlord's refund and itemisation duty waits on that written address.
- A lease longer than one year needs a writing under California Civil Code § 1624(a)(3). Open the statute of frauds of the state that governs.

## Sources

- [Texas Property Code Chapter 93, Commercial Tenancies](https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.93.htm) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [California Civil Code § 1624, statute of frauds](https://california.public.law/codes/ca_civ_code_section_1624) (checked 2026-10-22)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [End-of-lease make-good: checklist, schedule of works, settlement letter and return of security (NSW notes)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/commercial-property-and-leasing/end-of-lease-make-good-checklist-and-letter.md) | Checklist | Yellow | A checklist and letter set for the end of a commercial or retail lease: reading the make-good obligations, building the schedule of works from condition reports, a cash-settlement letter, the NSW… |
| [Surrender and restoration terms (United States)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/commercial-property-and-leasing/us-surrender-and-restoration-terms.md) | Checklist | Yellow | A list of surrender and restoration points to negotiate in a commercial lease, with a flag when the work to be undone was an accessibility alteration or barrier removal. |

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*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*