Walk It Through: The Notice on the Door
Rent short after a cut in hours, a three day notice, a court date eight days out, and a judgment.
After a cut in work hours, a tenant pays only part of the rent. A written notice taped to the door says pay within three days or the lease ends.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
An eviction for unpaid rent in an apartment. A mobile home park eviction, sealing the eviction record, and the money judgment for back rent are not worked through here.
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.
- Clear and present dangerConduct by a tenant endangering the health or safety of others on or near the property, which allows a single three day notice to quit.
- Notice to quitThe three days' written notice a landlord gives before filing an eviction, unless the three day notice to pay rent already ended the tenancy.
- Forcible entry and detainerThe court action for an eviction, brought for a holdover after the lease ends, a breach of the lease, or nonpayment of rent.
- HoldoverA tenant staying on without the landlord's consent after the tenancy ends.