The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- City of Dallas, Texas · Dallas-Fort Worth · Texas
- Level
- City
- Authority
- Tex. Gov't Code ch. 418; Mayor's Declaration of Local Disaster of Mar. 12, 2020; Dallas City Charter
- Issued
- 2020-04-22 Apr. 22, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-04-22
- End
- Expires on the later of the termination of the Governor's declared state of disaster or the City's local disaster (§ 7); in force through 2021Q3 (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Apr. 22, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Other
- Addressees
- residential landlords in the City of Dallas
- Functions reached
- PM property management
- SV servicing and collections
- CL closings (real estate)
- CB tenants
- Collection
- Dallas-Fort Worth MET-DFW
Operative words
If a residential tenant fails to pay rent during the COVID-19 declared state or local disaster, a landlord shall give the tenant a COVID notice of possible eviction that notifies the tenant of the tenant's rent delinquency and provides the tenant the right to respond... which includes curing any delinquent payments, before giving a tenant a notice to vacate... (5) the minimum time period of 21 days to respond.
Enforcement
Offense; fine not to exceed $500 (§ 6)
Notes
60-day cure period for a documented COVID-impacted tenant; recites the County Judge's advice to JPs to suspend eviction hearings and writs for 60 days from Apr. 8, 2020