{"id":"MET-AUS-058","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"Travis County, Texas (all cities and municipalities within the county listed in Exhibit A)","state":"TX","metro":"AUS","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Travis County Judge Andy Brown","authority":"Tex. Gov\u0027t Code ch. 418 and § 418.108(g), as recited","instrument":"County Judge Order No. 2021-04 Relating to Notices to Vacate, Eviction Proceedings in response to COVID-19","title":"Order prohibiting and conditioning notices to vacate and evictions (May 1 through August 1, 2021)","dateIssued":"2021-04-30","effective":"2021-05-01","end":"2021-08-01 (stated term; clarified by Order 2021-06, Ex. MET-AUS-066; succeeded by Order 2021-07, Ex. MET-AUS-059)","startDate":"2021-05-01","endDate":"2021-08-01","quarters":["2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["OTHER"],"addressees":["landlords and property owners in Travis County","residential tenants paying $2,475 or less and tenants providing the CDC declaration","commercial tenants"],"clause":"SECTION 2. Effective May 1, 2021 and continuing through May 31, 2021 unless terminated or modified by a subsequent order, the County Judge deems it in the public interest to PROHIBIT, except as otherwise provided in this section, the issuance of Notices to Vacate to a: (i) residential tenant who fails to pay rent and the amount of the tenant\u0027s rent is $2,475 or less per month, (ii) a residential tenant who fails to pay rent and provides the landlord the CDC Declaration..., or (iii) a commercial tenant as defined in Section 5.... SECTION 3. (A) Except as provided in Subsection (B), effective June 1, 2021 and continuing through August 1, 2021 unless terminated or modified by a subsequent order, the County Judge deems it in the public interest to PROHIBIT, except as otherwise provided in this [section, the issuance of Notices to Vacate... subject to the landlord\u0027s exhaustion of Rental Assistance Remedies and stated arrears thresholds]... SECTION 4. Effective May 1, 2021 and continuing through August 1, 2021, unless terminated or modified by a subsequent Order, the County Judge deems it in the public interest to PROHIBIT the removal of property or exclusion of a tenant by a property owner in the manners [described in the Texas Property Code].","enforcement":"Sheriff\u0027s Office, Fire Marshal\u0027s Office and peace officers authorized (§ 6); misdemeanor fine (as in the chain; penalty text not separately extracted)","functions":["PM property management: notices to vacate conditioned; lockouts prohibited through August 1, 2021","CM commercial leasing (commercial tenants covered)","CB tenants"],"notes":"In force on the first day of 2021 Q3 (§§ 3-4 to August 1, 2021). Recites the CDC order\u0027s extension to June 30, 2021 and the $25 billion federal rental assistance program.","sourceUrl":"","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":13904806,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-AUS","url":"/library/MET-AUS-058","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-AUS-058","citation":"Travis County Judge Andy Brown, County Judge Order No. 2021-04 Relating to Notices to Vacate, Eviction Proceedings in response to COVID-19 (Apr. 30, 2021) (Ex. MET-AUS-058)","stateName":"Texas","related":["MET-AUS-066","MET-AUS-059","MET-AUS-045","MET-AUS-067","MET-AUS-049"]}