{"id":"TX-060","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":"Twenty-Seventh Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 20-9113 (Texas Eviction Diversion Program)","title":"Twenty-Seventh Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster","dateIssued":"2020-09-17","effective":"2020-09-17 (immediately; diversion procedures phased in by county)","end":"Renewed continuously (Thirty-Seventh, Thirty-Ninth, Forty-Second, Forty-Fourth Emergency Orders) into 2022","startDate":"2020-09-17","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["CRT"],"addressees":["justice courts and county courts","landlords and tenants"],"clause":"3.... in an effort to curb the possible surge of evictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, assist Texas\u0027s most vulnerable tenants, and provide landlords with an alternative to eviction, the Court establishes the Texas Eviction Diversion Program and adopts the procedures set forth in this Order.... 5. In any action for eviction... a.... a sworn... petition must state that the plaintiff has reviewed the information about the Texas Eviction Diversion Program... c.... the judge must... discuss the Texas Eviction Diversion Program with the plaintiff and defendant... [and if both express interest] (A) abate the eviction action for 60 days; (B) make all court records... confidential.","enforcement":"Mandatory pleading, citation and abatement procedures","functions":["PM property management","SV servicing and collections","CT courts"],"notes":"Establishes the mandatory eviction-diversion procedure in force in every later quarter; the same order series implemented the CDC eviction moratorium\u0027s sworn-statement requirements (paragraphs not printed)","sourceUrl":"https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1449812/209113.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":227486,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"TX","url":"/library/TX-060","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/TX-060","citation":"Supreme Court of Texas, Twenty-Seventh Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 20-9113 (Texas Eviction Diversion Program) (Sept. 17, 2020) (Ex. TX-060)","stateName":"Texas","related":["TX-041","TX-061"]}