Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Texas

Me and my roomate are getting evicted. They gave us a notice to vacate on July 18th and they gave us the 3 days to move but we are going to wait for them to take us to court so we can fight it. is there a maximum amount of day that the court can take to serve us the citation before it is voided?

Also, I tried paying rent the other day, but the property manager said that I did not have to pay rent because we are under the eviction process. Is that true?


Asked on 7/02/10, 12:20 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Mark Dunn Mark D. Dunn

Go down to the Justice Court (after you get served with the eviction suit) and pay a jury fee.

And get into the habit NOW of writing down things that happen, especially interactions with apartment personnel. Like this:

"June 30, 2010 (4:22 pm) - I went to the apartment office to pay rent - Jake was there - he refused to accept the rent payment - said we were under the eviction process."

And start making plans to move out - find a new place, arrange for movers, start collecting boxes.

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Answered on 7/02/10, 9:50 pm


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