Texas Revised Its Eviction Laws for Landlords

All Landlords Are Now To Abide By the Same Eviction Laws across 254 Counties

Effective from August 31st, 2013 all 254 counties across Texas will have to abide by the same eviction rules. The old rules were open to several interpretations by the local courts which made the whole process a bit unorganized. The new rules will not only help the landlords become more organized in terms of the evictions but they will also help landlords in dealing with defaulting tenants.

Previously it was not easy for landlords to secure a court date in smaller counties because the judges in precinct do not work full time. However, the new laws require the courts to set a court hearing with 10 to 21 day windows. This change helps the landlord to evict the defaulting tenant as quickly as possible so as to save them from losing any more money than necessary.

With the change in these rules the landlords will no longer have to deal with defaulting tenants. Not only is this law beneficial for the landlords but it will also help the tenants as well in case of forced or wrongful eviction.

The old rules required the landlord to take only one tenant to court in order to evict all the tenants from the leased property. However, the new law requires the landowners to take all the tenants to court in the event of an eviction of all the tenants on the leased property. This change in the rules has increased the fee of eviction by an additional $100 for every resident on the leased property. This however, safeguards the rights of both the tenants and the renters, and eliminated the number of tenants who could say that they cannot be evicted because they haven’t been taken to the court.

239 evictions were filed in July 2013 which is around 8 evictions per day. This increasing number in eviction notices made it impossible to be organized. The new changes in law will help the Texan government become more organized in the way they deal with the evictions. The law still provides more protection to the residents so it is very important that both the landlords and the tenants are well aware of their rights in the court of law to save themselves from any further damage.
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