The Texas process, in order
Eviction in Texas is a defined sequence and every step has requirements about form, delivery and timing. In outline it runs: written notice to vacate, delivered as the statute and the lease permit — then, if the tenant remains, a forcible detainer suit filed in the Justice of the Peace precinct where the property sits — then a hearing, a judgment, an appeal window, and only then a writ of possession executed by the constable.
What we do and what a lawyer does
We handle the operational side: the notice, the documentation, the filing, the appearances that do not require counsel, and coordinating with an attorney where one is needed. We are property managers, not your lawyers, and on anything contested we will say so and bring counsel in rather than improvise.
Housing authority and code matters
Voucher tenancies add another party. Abatements, HAP contract terminations and authority disputes have their own process and their own timelines, and they run in parallel with anything happening in court. Code violations and municipal citations are handled the same way — as work, not as a surprise letter you open in January.
Avoiding it in the first place
Most evictions trace back to the screening decision or to inconsistent early follow-up on late rent. That is not a comforting thing to say to an owner already in one, but it is why we treat screening and collection discipline as the same job as this one.