So my tenants stopped paying rent in January and I filed for eviction in ft worth in Feb. I won my eviction case March 16th. However, all evictions got halted a few days later so I never got the writ of possession (which takes 7 days after winning the eviction). These people have been a problem for awhile and it’s my fault for not filing for eviction earlier. The city inspector contacted me numerous times in the last 3 or 4 months about trash violations and junk stored in the front of the house. They even had the water turned off for not paying, but my tenants turned the water valve at the street back on which isn’t allowed obviously.

Anyway, the police told me the SWAT team is surrounding the house and are about to go in. The people inside the house told the cops two of them have coronavirus. The police said they have warrants to arrest for stolen goods. I’m sure they’ll find tons of drugs in there too. He told me they may haul them all off to jail. So here’s my question. If they go busting in and haul them all off, can I reclaim the property legally? I assume I can’t since they didn’t leave on their own and all their possessions will be inside. What are my rights? It’s not in a good area and I’m worried someone will break in and steal all my copper again from my HVAC in the attic like they did last year. And take all my new appliances. Since I have an eviction award from the court, can I legally take it back if they get thrown in jail? Do I have any rights? Or just leave the house with a smashed in front door for another 60 days or whenever they allow evictions again?

The police were called out to this house 15 different times recently according to their records. The next door neighbors smell marijuana constantly coming from inside the house. They hear loud fighting late at night frequently. And hear gun shots from it occasionally. One bullet apparently hit the neighbor’s car window three weeks ago. I feel awful about the problems my tenants have caused to this neighborhood. I completely rehabbed it 11 months ago and spent 50k on it. Just wished i had some rights to reclaim my property that I’m paying big loans on. But I’m afraid I don’t have any rights since all evictions are halted.

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