Walk It Through: The Late Rent and the Court Papers
Three days to pay, a notice to leave, a summons, and the answer before the date.
Rent is late, and a written notice taped to the door says the lease ends unless it is paid.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
Unpaid rent on an apartment lease. An eviction for other breaches, a mobile home lot, and the writ of restitution after a judgment are left to the pages.
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.
- Three day noticeThe landlord's written notice of unpaid rent that ends the lease if the rent is not paid within three days, counted as three consecutive 24-hour periods.
- Writ of restitutionThe order, after a judgment for possession, directing an officer to put the landlord back in possession, carried out within 14 days after the officer receives it.