Borrower's intent to surrender on the schedules in PACER does not make the subject to process easy. yeah yeah, I'm sure you've done it before successfully.

I would agree to drop it for the these reasons:-the tenant has already surrendered possession -If they show up in court you might not like the result if an illegal lockout occurred -The likelyhood of collection of a judgment in Texas is very slimI would offer to settle in writing for the  forfeiture of the deposit 

Because of that defective notice, the buyer bought the property subject to the mortgage and basically had to surrender it to the lender through a deed in lieu.

This is typically a 10 days notice.If the tenant still does not pay and does not surrender the property, then on the 15th, you just go to the county court and file an summary ejectment (eviction notice)The court will then send notice to the tenant to go to the court.

Some have informed me that I must officially receive the keys and obtain evidence of the tenant's formal surrender of the property.

You are required by law to surrender the premises to Steve Gardner or his designated delegate upon lease expiration.

(c) A holder of a tax lien certificate may abandon the certificate at any time upon notification given to the tax collecting official and the surrender of the tax lien certificate.

Also bribe her with cash for keys and it she goes for it, get a receipt stating she has surrendered possession on dd/mm/yy for $X. 

I start with 1/2 of the deposit for a signed surrender and the keys - - I've even gone 100%.  

Reply in writing that you will be moving AND leave the unit at least broom clean and expect your deposit to be returned on the day of the inspection.The LL should be happy to see you've taken good care of the unit and issue a check upon surrendering the keys.Understand however, if there are damages, the LL can delay the refund and deduct the damages from the deposit.