El Paso, TX asked in Landlord - Tenant for Texas

Q: Being evicted never received proper notice it was not posted on the door I did not see notice until court

Landlord claimed to have filed notice to vacate but it was never posted on my door it was not sent via mail or certified mail dude shows up to court with a notice to vacate for Nov 15th no date on his signature for vacate notice provided in court and he said he does not know how it was delivered that he entrusted someone from his office to do so it was never recived

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A: If the JP believes that the notice to vacate was not properly provided, the JP most likely will deny the eviction. If the JP makes an erroneous ruling in this regard, the tenant can appeal the JP's decision to the county court.

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