{"id":"TX-041","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":"Thirty-Ninth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9078 (Texas Eviction Diversion Program)","title":"Thirty-Ninth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster","dateIssued":"2021-07-19","effective":"2021-07-19 (immediately)","end":"2021-10-01 (renewed by the Forty-Second Emergency Order, Misc. Docket No. 21-9118, not saved)","startDate":"2021-07-19","endDate":"2021-10-01","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["CRT"],"addressees":["justice courts and county courts hearing residential evictions","landlords (plaintiffs)","tenants"],"clause":"5. In any action for eviction to recover possession of residential property... based, in whole or part, on the nonpayment of rent: a.... a sworn original, amended, or supplemental petition must state that the plaintiff has reviewed the information about the Texas Eviction Diversion Program...; b.... the citation must include: i. the following statement: \u0027If you and your landlord agree to participate in the Texas Eviction Diversion Program, you may be able to have up to 15 months of the rent you owe paid and stop your eviction...\u0027... c. at the trial... the judge must:... iv. if the plaintiff has a pending application for rental assistance or the plaintiff and defendant both express an interest in participating in the Texas Eviction Diversion Program: (A) abate the eviction action for 60 days; (B) make all court records... confidential... 12. This Order is effective immediately and expires October 1, 2021.","enforcement":"Mandatory pleading, citation and abatement procedures in every residential nonpayment eviction","functions":["PM property management (evictions abated 60 days on request or pending assistance)","SV servicing and collections","CT courts"],"notes":"Force-of-law limitation on landlords\u0027 remedies in force throughout 2021 Q3 (renewed from the Twenty-Seventh Emergency Order of Sept. 17, 2020, Ex. TX-060)","sourceUrl":"https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1452509/219078.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":266654,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"TX","url":"/library/TX-041","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/TX-041","citation":"Supreme Court of Texas, Thirty-Ninth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9078 (Texas Eviction Diversion Program) (July 19, 2021) (Ex. TX-041)","stateName":"Texas","related":["TX-060","TX-040","TX-044","TX-045","TX-046","TX-064","TX-065"]}