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Ex. MET-AUS-057 Order Primary source read

County Judge Order No. 2020-6 Relating to Notices to Vacate, Eviction Proceedings in response to COVID-19

Order prohibiting the issuance of notices to vacate and related landlord actions (through May 8, 2020)

Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt · Travis County, Texas (County)

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Jurisdiction
Travis County, Texas · Austin · Texas
Level
County
Authority
Tex. Gov't 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)
Issued
2020-04-10 Apr. 10, 2020
Effective
2020-04-10 (effective immediately) (read as 2020-04-10)
End
2020-05-08 (stated term; succeeded by Order 2020-9, Ex. MET-AUS-064) (read as 2020-05-08)
In force
Apr. 10, 2020 to May 8, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Courts and public officesOther
Addressees
  • landlords and property owners in Travis County
  • tenants
  • Travis County Justices of the Peace (orders incorporated)
Functions reached
  • PM property management: notices to vacate, lockouts and removals prohibited
  • CL/CRT eviction dockets (Justices of the Peace) suspended
  • CB tenants
Collection
Austin MET-AUS

Operative words

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

Notes

FILE NAME DATE IS WRONG ('2020-03'): 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).

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