{"id":"TX-057","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Texas","state":"TX","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Supreme Court of Texas","authority":"Tex. Gov\u0027t Code § 22.0035(b)","instrument":"Fourth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 20-9045 (residential evictions)","title":"Fourth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster","dateIssued":"2020-03-19","effective":"2020-03-19 (immediately)","end":"2020-04-19 (extended by the Ninth and Twelfth Emergency Orders to May 18, 2020 for citations and May 25, 2020 for writs)","startDate":"2020-03-19","endDate":"2020-04-19","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CRT"],"addressees":["justice courts","landlords and tenants"],"clause":"3. In any action for eviction to recover possession of residential property... [a writ of] possession may not occur until after April 26, 2020, and the deadlines in Rules 510.8(d)(1)-[(2)]... [are] suspended, and issuance and service of citation may not occur until after April 19, 2020. 4. A case covered by Paragraph 3 may nevertheless proceed if, but only if:... b. The court determines that the facts and grounds for eviction stated in the [sworn complaint] establish that the actions of the tenant, or the tenant\u0027s household members or guests, pose an imminent threat of (i) physical harm... or (ii) criminal activity. 5. This Order is effective immediately and expires April 19, 2020, unless extended.","enforcement":"Court order suspending eviction citations and writs statewide","functions":["PM property management (evictions suspended)","SV servicing and collections","CT courts"],"notes":"Texas\u0027s statewide eviction stay: March 19 to May 18/25, 2020","sourceUrl":"https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1449340/209045.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":275738,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"TX","url":"/library/TX-057","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/TX-057","citation":"Supreme Court of Texas, Fourth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 20-9045 (residential evictions) (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. TX-057)","stateName":"Texas","related":["TX-058","TX-059"]}