These -are divided into two categories—abatement liens and fines or citations.

If the tenant the turns it on themselves, the water meter is removed within 24 hours.And then the landlord gets a citation from the local council as you must have water and trash to a property?

Citations from code enforcement, paid lawn service, notice of lease violation - all things that should be considered, along with which party is then responsible for paying (and when landlord is forced to pay, how the tenant must compensate landlord for doing so).

On the criminal charges- As a debtor's attorney, I would happily file a contempt of court citation if someone submitted a bounced check to the DA's office after a bankruptcy case was filed.

Underage drinking when  this happens is one of the citations issued.

Kristine, can you supply a link or case law citations for what you referred to?  

If the debt is owed to you personally, you can always represent yourself (you may have a fool for a client, but that's a different issue) and your court case could be cheaper.Once you get the judgment, you can do a citation to discover assets to his bank, a wage garnishment to his employer, or whatever else Texas law allows.

Upon request, I will share citations to relevant studies, and would be happy to answer other questions you may have concerning my recommendation that [FULL NAME OF TENANT] have an emotional support animal.

Anyway, I believe the dog owner gets one free pass but at some predetermined citation amount, it escalates the penalty. 

Have you ever received a citation?