Eviction Wizard launch playbook for Texas landlords on the waitlist

The Eviction Wizard waitlist is the enrollment path for Texas landlords who want a notice-to-possession case file, a $149 Document Organizer rate locked for life as founding members, and a county-open notice — not a fake go-live week. Use the wait to gather the lease, ledger, and delivery proof; budget court and third-party invoices separately; and file under the 2026 Texas rules when that county is live. Joining does not charge $149, does not file a petition, and does not make the software your lawyer.

Eviction Wizard helps landlords organize eviction documents, submit through the court's e-filing system, request a process server, and track every deadline — in one dashboard. Eviction Wizard AI Partners, LLC is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice.

Key takeaways

• The Eviction Wizard waitlist records your email and interest in county launch and founding-member rates. It is not a checkout, a prepaid filing, or a live clerk.
• Founding members lock a $149 Document Organizer fee per case for life. Court and third-party fees stay separate. You build the case free and pay only when you file.
• Gather tenant name, property address, rent amount, and lease dates from the signed lease now, plus every notice and the proof you created.
• Texas launch is county by county. Florida, Georgia, Arizona, and Nevada are next and not live. This playbook does not invent a ship date.
• Suits filed on or after January 1, 2026 follow Texas SB 38 and Rule 510. Venue is the Justice of the Peace (JP) precinct of the property; a wrong-precinct filing is dismissed, not transferred.
• Uncontested Texas duration is commonly reported at about three weeks to about 75 days. JP filing fees are commonly reported in the tens of dollars; writ fees around $150–$200. Those are public-source ranges, not promises.

Contents

• What the Eviction Wizard waitlist actually enrolls
• Gather the Texas case file before your county is live
• Budget the Texas stack, not a 149-dollar eviction
• The 2026 Texas rules this playbook assumes
• Plan the calendar without promising a finish date
• How Eviction Wizard handles this
• County-by-county launch without fake ship dates
• Score the features you are waiting for
• Frequently asked questions
• The honest bottom line on the waitlist

What the Eviction Wizard waitlist actually enrolls

As of 2026 the live site is a list: you leave an email, you ask to hear when your Texas county opens, and you ask to hold founding-member pricing if you become a founding member. You are not buying a case, prepaying a Justice of the Peace filing, or reserving a constable. “Save your spot” badges, vanishing inventory, and slipping dates are not locked product facts. Geographic availability is the honest limit.

Texas justice courts do not share one filing desk. Precinct maps, e-filing habits, and fee schedules change at the county, and often at the precinct. Launch is Texas first, county by county, for that reason.

What you enroll in is a later dashboard job, not a later lawyer. Eviction software for landlords is the category definition: organize the packet, submit through the court’s e-filing system when you authorize it, request a process server for notice delivery, and keep every later clock on one file. Form-fillers sell a download. Property-management (PM) software sells the rent roll. DIY guides teach the sequence. The waitlist is the path onto the organizer, not a substitute for those tools while you wait.

What you do not enroll in is a bundled eviction. Founding members lock $149 per case for life. That lock is a Document Organizer rate. It does not pull the clerk, the officer, or counsel onto the same invoice. Typical attorney fees are commonly reported at $1,500–$3,000, and some public comparisons cite $1,500–$5,000. Eviction-service companies are often cited around $475.

You remain the filer. When the county is live, you review, confirm, and authorize submission. Eviction Wizard AI Partners, LLC is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. Bulk filing, team seats, and portfolio guardrails are coming; they are not live. If you must file this week and the county is not open, you still have the clerk, eFileTexas where the county uses it, counsel, or an eviction-service company.

Gather the Texas case file before your county is live

The useful waitlist work is clerical. The four facts later forms will repeat are tenant name, property address, rent amount, and lease dates. If those four are wrong, every later page is wrong — including a precinct guess and a sworn petition.

Work the file in this order even if your county is not live.

1. Collect the source documents. Signed lease, rent or occupant addenda, the payment ledger, and every prior notice. Keep the original PDFs.
2. Confirm tenant name. Use the lease name for every adult tenant you intend to name. A PM nickname is not a petition caption.
3. Confirm property address. Street, unit, city, and county. In Texas, that address is how a precinct / JP helper later proposes a court — based on the information you provided, not a guarantee.
4. Confirm rent amount. Monthly rent and the unpaid period. If the ledger and the lease disagree, fix that before a form repeats it.
5. Confirm lease dates. Start date, end date, and whether the tenancy continued month-to-month.
6. Name the ground, then stop if it is unclear. If the only issue might be unpaid rent and a first delinquency during the lease term, Texas Property Code section 24.005 requires a notice to pay rent or vacate before a standard notice to vacate. Check the lease. Consult a Texas attorney.
7. Record how you delivered any notice you already sent, and keep the proof. Senate Bill 38 (SB 38, 89th Legislature) lists in-person delivery to an occupant 16 or older, mail, conspicuous posting, and electronic delivery only if agreed in writing. Certified-mail receipts, posting photos, server affidavits, and written electronic-agreement pages belong in one folder. This article does not call any method sufficient. See Texas SB 38.
8. Join the waitlist without paying $149. The founding lock is a rate, not a prepaid case.
9. When the county is live, upload the lease. Extraction may place tenant name, property address, rent amount, and lease dates into the selected forms. Extraction is a clerk. You are the reviewer.

You can stop after step 8 and never owe the organizer fee. Do not pay a form site before you know you will file, and do not treat later extraction as authority.

Budget the Texas stack, not a 149-dollar eviction

Landlords who search the cost to evict a tenant in Texas usually want one number. As of 2026 that number does not exist as a statewide price list. Justice courts set filing and service charges locally. A writ of possession is a later court act with its own fee. Counsel, a document organizer, and an eviction-service company sell different work.

The founding lock applies only to the organizer: notice options populated for your review, a filing packet from court form templates, e-filing you authorize, and tracking through writ. What $149 never covers should be listed as plainly as what it does.

Line item	Commonly reported figure (hedged)	Paid to	Inside the locked $149?
Document Organizer ($149/case; founding members lock $149 for life)	Product fee	Eviction Wizard	Yes — posts when you authorize filing
JP filing fee	Tens of dollars; confirm locally	The court / clerk	No
E-filing service fee	Set by the portal	The portal / e-filing provider	No
Process-server invoice (notice delivery)	Varies by vendor	The independent server you request	No
Constable / sheriff citation	Combined filing-plus-service often cited ~$100–$200+	The county / officer	No — not replaced by a private server request
Writ of possession fee	Commonly ~$150–$200	The court / officer	No
Attorney representation	Commonly $1,500–$3,000; sometimes cited $1,500–$5,000	Independent counsel	No
Eviction-service company	Often cited around $475	The service vendor	No

Those ranges are public-source figures, not a quote for your precinct. Confirm every court and vendor amount before you authorize payment. A wrong-precinct filing is dismissed, not transferred, and the filing fee is not refunded.

The full stack — notice delivery, filing, citation, writ, optional counsel, and lost-rent math — is the subject of cost to evict a tenant in Texas. This playbook only needs you to refuse the $149-as-possession story. Build the case free. Pay the organizer fee when you file. Court and third-party amounts should appear before you approve them.

If the next file is contested, an appeal, a commercial lease, a Section 8 question, or an entity-representation issue, hire independent counsel and treat the dashboard as the file they review. The Attorney Directory lists independent attorneys, not employees or agents. Optional packet review for completeness is not representation at the hearing.

The 2026 Texas rules this playbook assumes

Most people on this waitlist will file in Texas. Launch is county by county because venue, portals, and fee schedules are local. Under the 2026 Texas eviction law changes, that local fact has a sharper edge.

Senate Bill 38 (SB 38, 89th Legislature) applies to eviction suits filed on or after January 1, 2026. Rule 510 of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure is the specialized rule. This section reports Chapter 24 / Rule 510 mechanics, including the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) 30-day notice for covered properties. It is not advice. Check the lease. Consult a Texas attorney.

Topic	What Chapter 24 / Rule 510 describe as of 2026
Notice delivery	In-person to occupant 16+, mail, conspicuous posting; electronic only if written agreement
First unpaid-rent late	Notice to pay rent or vacate before a standard notice to vacate
Notice period	Default three days (lease may modify); CARES Act 30-day for covered properties; §24.0042 excludes the trigger day, counts weekends and holidays, and rolls a last day on a weekend or holiday to the next business day
Petition	Sworn petition initiates the suit (§24.00505)
Venue	JP precinct of the property; wrong precinct dismissed, not transferred
Citation	Sheriff or constable; diligent effort by the fifth business day after filing
Trial setting	Generally 10–21 days after the petition is filed; hedge county practice
Appeal	Five-day window; SB 38 adds a sworn good-faith affirmation
Summary disposition	Unauthorized occupancy / forcible entry only, not routine nonpayment; occupant has four days to respond
Writ	Only law enforcement executes it; self-help lockouts and utility shutoffs are illegal

Those rows change the waitlist file. If the ledger might be a first unpaid-rent delinquency, do not assume last year’s notice-to-vacate habit still starts the clock. If you already sent a notice, write down the method and keep the proof. Confirm the current county map. The helper that later uses your property address is still “based on the information you provided.”

Do not conflate the landlord’s notice with the court’s citation. You deliver the notice. After you authorize a sworn petition, a sheriff or constable serves the citation. A process-server request is for notice delivery you hire; it does not replace constable citation. Summary disposition is not a shortcut for routine nonpayment. Whether and how to appeal is a question for counsel. No article or software can guarantee a timeline or an outcome. The provision-by-provision map lives on the Texas SB 38 explainer.

Plan the calendar without promising a finish date

Public write-ups of uncontested Texas evictions often describe a span from about three weeks to about 75 days, depending on county practice and appeals. That range is not a promise. County congestion, failed service, a contested hearing, or an appeal can add weeks. A covered property that still needs a 30-day CARES Act notice can add calendar time before a petition is even proper.

How long does an eviction take in Texas is the stage-by-stage clock. You cannot schedule possession from a waitlist page, and you should not treat a dashboard reminder as a guaranteed hearing week.

What you can plan are the objects that later become dates: notice delivery, the §24.0042 count, a sworn petition in the correct precinct, the officer’s five-business-day attempt window, a trial generally set 10–21 days after filing (hedge county practice), a five-day appeal window, then a writ that only law enforcement executes. Each object can fail independently. A premature petition is a wasted filing fee and a reset clock.

Lost rent usually dwarfs the clerk’s receipt. If monthly rent is $1,400 and the file stays open six weeks, unpaid or vacant rent already exceeds a commonly reported JP filing fee, a commonly reported writ fee, and the $149 organizer line combined. The file you assemble now is how you avoid restarting the notice period because tenant name, property address, rent amount, or lease dates were wrong.

Self-help is not a calendar shortcut. Lockouts and utility shutoffs are illegal. Only a law-enforcement officer executes a writ of possession. Check the lease. Consult a Texas attorney. You can reconcile the ledger and decide whether this file needs counsel before the county button exists. You cannot use the list as a filing path, and you cannot use this article as a finish date.

How Eviction Wizard handles this

You join the waitlist. You build the first case free. You pay the Document Organizer fee when you authorize filing, not when you upload a lease or draft a notice. Founding members lock $149 per case for life. Court fees and third-party fees appear on separate lines before you approve them.

Upload the lease when the county is live. The tool may extract tenant name, property address, rent amount, and lease dates into the forms you selected. You review and edit. Nothing in that extraction is a filing or a $149 charge.

Enter the property address. For Texas properties, the helper proposes the precinct and JP court commonly associated with that location, including typical filing-fee context and e-filing portal information, framed as based on the information you provided. You confirm the court. The helper is not a guarantee.

When the packet is ready, you submit through the court’s e-filing system from the same file. You review, confirm, and authorize. You remain the filer. Case number and hearing information come back to the dashboard. Request a process server from the same file: browse independent servers and track notice delivery from acceptance to proof of service. That request does not replace court-directed citation service, and the server’s fee is not inside $149.

If you want counsel, use the Attorney Directory. Those attorneys are independent — not employees or agents. Optional attorney review of the packet is a completeness pass, not representation at the hearing. Tracking stays on after the stamp: citation, hearing, judgment, appeal, writ, possession.

Launch is Texas first, county by county. Florida, Georgia, Arizona, and Nevada are next and not live. Bulk filing, team seats, and portfolio guardrails are coming. The product does not advise whether a notice method was sufficient or whether a precinct is correct, and it does not invent a go-live week. Check the lease. Consult a Texas attorney. Eviction Wizard AI Partners, LLC is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice.

County-by-county launch without fake ship dates

Texas first is an operations fact. Precinct lines, clerk portals, and fee schedules are local. Under the 2026 rules, a wrong-precinct filing is dismissed, not transferred. A product that pretends every Texas county shares one e-file button is selling a map it does not have.

County-by-county launch means your county may not be open, and a neighboring county opening is not your opening. This article will not invent a week, a metro, or a “coming this quarter” calendar. If a later marketing page invents those dates, treat that as marketing, not as the locked facts.

Florida, Georgia, Arizona, and Nevada are listed as next and are not live. Landlords in those states can still join the waitlist and assemble the same four lease fields. They should not budget a live e-file button or a founding-rate filing in a county that has not opened. Roadmap is not coverage.

A precinct / JP helper is based on the information you provided. You confirm venue against the county’s current map. eFileTexas and other portals still charge their own fees where a county uses them. Constable citation is still the court’s service path after you file.

If you must file before the county is live, use the clerk, the portal the county actually accepts, counsel, or a service company. Keep the folder from the gather section. When the county opens, you upload a reviewed file instead of reconstructing captions from email. Bulk filing, team seats, and portfolio guardrails are coming. They are not a reason to invent a ship date. Move the next Texas case as a single file when that county is live.

Score the features you are waiting for

Joining a list is easier if you already know which eviction platform features you are waiting for. Score jobs, not logos. The jobs do not change when the county does: notice, deliver, notice period, file, citation, hearing, judgment, appeal, writ, possession.

Feature to demand	Locked-fact test	Waitlist implication
Notice-to-possession spine	The file stays open through writ	A PDF download is not the product you joined for
Packet review	Extract tenant name, property address, rent amount, lease dates for edit	Gather those four fields now
E-file authorization	You review, confirm, authorize; you remain the filer	The waitlist does not file for you
Texas precinct / JP helper	Based on the information you provided; not a guarantee	Confirm the county map yourself
Process-server request	Independent servers; track notice from acceptance to proof of service	Does not replace constable citation
Deadline tracking	One dashboard through writ	Do not invent a possession date on the list
Honest fee split	$149 per case; court and third-party fees separate; founding members lock $149 for life	Joining does not charge $149
Coverage and portfolio	Texas first, county by county; FL, GA, AZ, NV not live; bulk/seats coming	No fake ship dates; no live PM desk

Form-fillers, PM software, and DIY guides each do real early work. None of those strengths is a sworn-petition packet, a precinct confirmation, or a writ reminder. Join if you want that matrix in one dashboard when your county opens, with you still the filer, and with court and third-party fees on their own lines. Do not join if you were told $149 includes the clerk, the constable, or a lawyer, or if you need a live button this week and the county is not open.

Frequently asked questions

Does joining the Eviction Wizard waitlist charge $149 or file my case?

No. The Eviction Wizard waitlist records your email and your interest in county launch and founding-member rates. You build the case free and pay the Document Organizer fee only when you authorize filing. Joining does not submit a sworn petition and does not make you the filer yet.

What should I gather while I wait for my Texas county to open?

Collect the signed lease, addenda, payment ledger, and every notice plus the proof you created. Confirm tenant name, property address, rent amount, and lease dates from the lease. Record the delivery method you used. Check the lease. Consult a Texas attorney before you treat any method as sufficient.

Does founding-member pricing include court fees, citation, or a writ?

No. Founding members lock $149 per case for life. JP filing fees, e-filing service fees, process-server invoices, constable citation, writ fees, and attorney retainers stay separate. Those amounts should appear before you approve them. $149 is not the cost of possession.

When will my county or Florida, Georgia, Arizona, or Nevada go live?

This article does not publish a ship date. Launch is Texas first, county by county. Florida, Georgia, Arizona, and Nevada are next and not live. Treat invented weeks and countdown badges as theater unless a later official page states a real constraint. Geographic availability is the honest limit.

How long does a Texas eviction take once I can file?

Uncontested duration is commonly reported at about three weeks to about 75 days, depending on county and appeals. Trial is generally 10–21 days after the petition is filed; hedge county practice. No timeline or outcome is guaranteed. Read how long does an eviction take in Texas for the stage-by-stage ranges.

Can a property manager enroll a whole portfolio or lock team seats?

Bulk filing, team seats, and portfolio guardrails are coming, not live. Founding-member language is the $149 per-case Document Organizer lock for the current landlord product. Do not budget a PM seat, a bulk import, or a portfolio discount that has not shipped.

The honest bottom line on the waitlist

The Eviction Wizard waitlist is worth joining if you want a Texas case file organized from notice through writ, a $149 organizer rate locked for life as a founding member, and a county-open notice that does not pretend every precinct is live. It is not a bundled eviction, a fake ship calendar, or a substitute for counsel on notice sufficiency, venue, or a contested hearing. Gather the four lease fields now, budget the court and third-party stack from the Texas cost breakdown, and refuse any finish date this page does not have. If that is the launch path you want, join the Eviction Wizard waitlist.