Walk It Through: The Five Day Notice
A notice to vacate, a rule to show cause, a hearing, a judgment, and a day to leave or appeal.
Rent is late, and a written notice to vacate arrives giving five days.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
A residential eviction for unpaid rent after a notice to vacate. Public housing rules, a commercial lease, and the federal protections that attach to some subsidized homes 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.
- Notice to vacateThe written notice a lessor delivers before filing for eviction, allowing not less than 5 days to leave.
- Rule to show causeThe summary court proceeding in which the tenant is ordered to show why possession should not be delivered to the lessor, heard no earlier than the third day after service.