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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
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- 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 noteRecording no. 2020074091, May 8, 2020, 9:47 a.m.).