{"id":"MET-DFW-034","kind":"order","level":"city","jurisdiction":"City of Dallas, Texas","state":"TX","metro":"DFW","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Dallas City Council","authority":"Tex. Gov\u0027t Code ch. 418; Mayor\u0027s Declaration of Local Disaster of Mar. 12, 2020; Dallas City Charter","instrument":"Ordinance No. 31521","title":"An ordinance providing for a COVID notice of possible eviction by residential landlords before a notice to vacate","dateIssued":"2020-04-22","effective":"2020-04-22","end":"Expires on the later of the termination of the Governor\u0027s declared state of disaster or the City\u0027s local disaster (§ 7); in force through 2021Q3","startDate":"2020-04-22","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["OTHER"],"addressees":["residential landlords in the City of Dallas"],"clause":"If a residential tenant fails to pay rent during the COVID-19 declared state or local disaster, a landlord shall give the tenant a COVID notice of possible eviction that notifies the tenant of the tenant\u0027s rent delinquency and provides the tenant the right to respond... which includes curing any delinquent payments, before giving a tenant a notice to vacate... (5) the minimum time period of 21 days to respond.","enforcement":"Offense; fine not to exceed $500 (§ 6)","functions":["PM property management","SV servicing and collections","CL closings (real estate)","CB tenants"],"notes":"60-day cure period for a documented COVID-impacted tenant; recites the County Judge\u0027s advice to JPs to suspend eviction hearings and writs for 60 days from Apr. 8, 2020","sourceUrl":"https://dallascityhall.com/DCH%20Documents/covid19/Signed%20Eviction%20Ordinance.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":759471,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-DFW","url":"/library/MET-DFW-034","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-DFW-034","citation":"Dallas City Council, Ordinance No. 31521 (Apr. 22, 2020) (Ex. MET-DFW-034)","stateName":"Texas","related":[]}