{"id":1285,"date":"2013-09-27T17:15:46","date_gmt":"2013-09-27T17:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.busby-lee.com\/?page_id=1285"},"modified":"2023-04-25T07:20:39","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T07:20:39","slug":"eviction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.busby-lee.com\/eviction\/","title":{"rendered":"Eviction"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Notice to vacate<\/h2>\n<p align=\"justify\">A property owner or landlord is required to give you a written notice to vacate before filing an eviction lawsuit. After you received the notice to vacate, consider whether or not you have any defense to stay in the premises as discussed below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You may not have violated the lease as claimed.<\/li>\n<li>You may not have been given a proper notice.<\/li>\n<li>There may have been a miscalculation about the rent owed because of the abuse of late fees.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>You are served with an eviction suit and a notice of hearing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">The hearing is usually 4 weeks after the date of filing in the local Justice Court. \u00a0If any of the court papers you received is called something like &#8220;Bond for Possession&#8221; or &#8220;Possession Bond pursuant to Rule 740&#8221; you have to demand a trial; otherwise the property owner or apartment complex manager can obtain possession of the premises without a hearing. You must demand the trial in writing within 6 days of receiving the court papers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>File an Answer\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">All of the Justice Courts are online in Harris County. \u00a0You should call the clerk and also check online to verify the hearing date. Read over Judge&#8217;s rules of appearance in that court. \u00a0Always file an answer within 5 days and serve it out via certified mail on the landlord or the landlords attorney.<\/p>\n<p><b>Eviction Hearing<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Justice Courts are not courts of record. \u00a0You do not have to be a lawyer to be a Justice of the Peace, \u00a0but most JP judges are licensed attorneys in the metro areas of Texas. \u00a0I have not heard nor read of any Justice Judges in Harris County not being licensed attorneys. \u00a0 Take your copy of the apartment lease agreement, any pictures, letters, documents, receipts, or witnesses to show the judge as the evidence. \u00a0You need to bring live persons with you if you want the court to hear what they have to say.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">The JP Judge will render a decision after hearing the case. If the property owner wins, you have five days to appeal the decision or have to move out . If in these 5 days you are not out of the property, then they could lock out the premises and if you go to the residence, you may get arrested.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"titleh5\">FILING BANKRUPTCY TO STAY THE EVICTION<\/h2>\n<p align=\"justify\">If you file a bankruptcy after your landlord has already obtained a judgment for possession of the residence, then filing a bankruptcy will not help you to stay in the residence. \u00a0If you \u00a0file a bankruptcy before your landlord has obtained a judgment for the possession of the property, then the automatic stay stops the landlord from starting the eviction proceedings and stays any proceedings that are pending. \u00a0The landlord is required to file a motion for relief from the automatic stay to proceed with the eviction. \u00a0Bankruptcy judges will usually grant the landlord\u2019s request but this gets you about another 2 months in the property instead of 5 days.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Austin County Texas eviction, Brazos County Texas eviction, Colorado County Texas eviction, Fayette County Texas eviction, Fort Bend County Texas eviction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Notice to vacate A property owner or landlord is required to give you a written notice to vacate before filing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Eviction Process Houston | Busby &amp; Associates - Houston Divorce Lawyer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Facing eviction? 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