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Eviction Instructions (Justice of the Peace Precinct 2, Aransas County; Judge Diana Rinche-McGinnis)

High confidence· verified September 9, 2026Divisional InstructionsEviction Instructions, Judge Diana Rinche-McGinnis, Justice of the Peace Pct 2, Aransas County (eight pages; pages 3–8 reproduce TRCP 510) — posted on the Justice of the Peace Precinct 2 page of the Aransas County website (jp2/e-docs/civil/eviction/Eviction Instructions.pdf; custody sha256 3058ec5f…).

Summary

Justice of the Peace Precinct 2's instructions for filing an eviction: the petition/case application, a Servicemembers Civil Relief Act affidavit in every case, the optional civil case information sheet, the $46.00 filing fee plus $125.00 service per tenant named in the lease, and a last-known address for default judgments; filing in the proper precinct with the property clearly marked (an unmarked property comes back unserved); a written notice to vacate complying with Property Code § 24.005 (three days unless the lease says otherwise, ten-day notice to cure first for mobile-home lots); naming and serving every tenant obligated under the lease; attorney's fees only after a notice to vacate served in the ways listed ten days before suit; joinder of rent within the $10,000 jurisdiction but no other charges; a hearing set up to 21 days after filing with citation served by the constable or sheriff; personal appearance and the plaintiff's burden of proof even on default; judgment with a five-day appeal period to the County Court at Law, then writ of possession ($130.00) and abstract of judgment ($5.00). The court appends Rule 510 of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure and points to its posted justice-court rules and local procedures.

Applies to

Applies to eviction cases filed in Justice of the Peace Precinct 2 of Aransas County (Judge Diana Rinche-McGinnis, Rockport). Posted on the precinct's page of the county website (www.aransascountytx.gov/jp2); not registered on TOPICs. Undated on its face; the fee figures are the court's as posted. The appended Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 510 is a statewide rule and is not republished.

Source of truth

JUDGE DIANA RINCHE-MCGINNIS, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE PCT 2 — 2840 Hwy 35 N, Room 121, Rockport, TX 78382; JP2@aransascounty.com; www.aransascountytx.gov/jp2; phone (361) 790-0131; fax (361) 790-5392. EVICTION INSTRUCTIONS (Please read carefully) To file an eviction, you will need to do the following: 1) Fill out an Eviction – Petition Case Application. 2) Fill out a Serviceman's Civil Relief Act affi

Official source: Aransas County Courts — www.aransascountytx.gov (county website; Justice of the Peace Precinct 1 and Precinct 2 pages)
Source health: Healthy · checked October 9, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: September 9, 2026benchpath-tx-ajr4-aransas-ownsite-r1-0909

Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-09 from BenchPath's own-site custody copy (native text layer; reading order checked against the rendered page). The instructions (pages 1–2) and the closing paragraph (page 8) are transcribed verbatim, including the court's own numbering ("4.)", "7.", "8.") and wording; the appended TRCP 510 copy is described in brackets. Court and judge join: the precinct's own instructions under the judge's letterhead.