Texas Constitution:Article I, Section 25

Adopted February 15, 1876:

No soldier shall in time of peace be quartered in the house of any citizen without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war but in a manner prescribed by law.

Editor Comments

This section tracks the Third Amendment to the federal constitution, which reads: "No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law."

—Attorney Steve Smith

Recent Decisions

None.

Historic Decisions

None.

Library Resources

• Vernon's Annotated Constitution of the State of Texas (multi-volume and up-to-date resource available at all law and many municipal libraries)

• The Texas State Constitution: A Reference Guide (one-volume resource available at most law and some municipal libraries)

• The Constitution of the State of Texas: An Annotated and Comparative Analysis (two-volume resource available at most law and some municipal libraries)

Online Resources

• Constitution of the State of Texas (1876) (resource published online and maintained by the University of Texas School of Law)

• Amendments to the Texas Constitution Since 1876 (resource published online and regularly updated by the Legislative Council)

• Reports Analyzing Proposed Amendments (resource published online and regularly updated by the Legislative Reference Library)