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Ex. MET-AUS-064 Order Primary source read

County Judge Order No. 2020-9 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 June 1, 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
Issued
2020-05-08 May 8, 2020
Effective
2020-05-08 (effective immediately) (read as 2020-05-08)
End
2020-06-01 (stated term; successors of summer 2020 not in library; orders of September 30 and October 9, 2020 recited in Ex. MET-AUS-045) (read as 2020-06-01)
In force
May 8, 2020 to June 1, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Courts and public officesOther
Addressees
  • landlords and property owners in Travis County
  • tenants
  • Justices of the Peace (orders incorporated)
Functions reached
  • PM property management: notices to vacate, lockouts and removals prohibited
  • CL/CRT eviction dockets
  • CB tenants
Collection
Austin MET-AUS

Operative words

SECTION 2. Effective immediately and continuing until June 1, 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 June 1, 2020... PROHIBIT [removal of property]... SECTION 4. Effective immediately and continuing until June 1, 2020... PROHIBIT [exclusion of tenants]... SECTION 7. The County Judge deems is necessary to incorporate by reference any Orders and directives issued by the Travis County Justices of the Peace regarding evictions and notices to [vacate].

Enforcement

Misdemeanor fine (chain penalty; text not separately extracted)

Notes

Recites the Stay Home - Work Safe Orders 2020-5 and 2020-7 as the reason notices to vacate 'will destabilize the economy and will contribute to additional person-to-person contact'.

Retrieval note

Recording no. 2020074091, May 8, 2020, 9:47 a.m.).