Walk It Through: The Late Rent and the Court Papers
A notice for unpaid rent, seven business days, papers on the door, a counterclaim, and seven days to appeal.
Rent is a week late. A notice to terminate arrives naming the rent and late fees owed.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
An eviction for unpaid rent. A noncurable default such as drugs or a firearm on the premises, and a tenancy without a written lease, are on the eviction page.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- Unlawful detainerThe court case a landlord brings to get possession, with the court's notice served on the tenant at least six days before the return day.
- Writ of possessionThe order that puts the landlord back in possession after an eviction judgment, issued on the landlord's application after a seven day automatic stay.