{"id":"MET-AUS-057","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"Travis County, Texas","state":"TX","metro":"AUS","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt","authority":"Tex. Gov\u0027t Code ch. 418, as recited; incorporates the Supreme Court of Texas emergency orders on evictions (Tex. Prop. Code ch. 24; Tex. R. Civ. P. 510)","instrument":"County Judge Order No. 2020-6 Relating to Notices to Vacate, Eviction Proceedings in response to COVID-19","title":"Order prohibiting the issuance of notices to vacate and related landlord actions (through May 8, 2020)","dateIssued":"2020-04-10","effective":"2020-04-10 (effective immediately)","end":"2020-05-08 (stated term; succeeded by Order 2020-9, Ex. MET-AUS-064)","startDate":"2020-04-10","endDate":"2020-05-08","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["OTHER","CRT"],"addressees":["landlords and property owners in Travis County","tenants","Travis County Justices of the Peace (orders incorporated)"],"clause":"SECTION 2. Effective immediately and continuing until May 8, 2020, unless terminated or modified by a subsequent Order, the County Judge deems it in the public interest to PROHIBIT the issuance of Notices to Vacate (as defined in Section 5, below) except where the actions of the [tenant pose an imminent threat]... SECTION 3. Effective immediately and continuing until May 8, 2020... PROHIBIT [removal of property]... SECTION 4. Effective immediately and continuing until May 8, 2020... PROHIBIT [exclusion of tenants]... [Exhibit A, Supreme Court emergency order: in any eviction action] possession may not occur until after May 7, 2020, and the deadlines in Rules 510.8(d)(1)-(d)(2)...","enforcement":"Misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000 or confinement in jail for a term not to exceed 180 days","functions":["PM property management: notices to vacate, lockouts and removals prohibited","CL/CRT eviction dockets (Justices of the Peace) suspended","CB tenants"],"notes":"FILE NAME DATE IS WRONG (\u00272020-03\u0027): the order was ordered April 10, 2020 and recorded that day (recording no. 2020058210). First instrument in the Travis eviction chain (2020-6, 2020-9, orders of September 30 and October 9, 2020, 2020-22, 2021-01, 2021-03, 2021-04, 2021-06, 2021-07).","sourceUrl":"","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":228628,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-AUS","url":"/library/MET-AUS-057","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-AUS-057","citation":"Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt, County Judge Order No. 2020-6 Relating to Notices to Vacate, Eviction Proceedings in response to COVID-19 (Apr. 10, 2020) (Ex. MET-AUS-057)","stateName":"Texas","related":["MET-AUS-064","MET-AUS-040","MET-AUS-039","MET-AUS-038","MET-AUS-037","MET-AUS-091","MET-AUS-063","MET-AUS-036","MET-AUS-041","MET-AUS-035"]}