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Pick the situation that is yours and put in each date once, on the stage it belongs to. The page shows the stage you are at and the period the statutes set after it, with whose period it is and the section it comes from. It says what the law sets, never what to do about it.

All of it runs in this browser. The dates are the same ones Your clock and your case file hold, and nothing you type is sent anywhere. What this site records.

Which situation is yours

A written notice giving at least five days to leave, a hearing no sooner than the third day after service, and twenty four hours after the judgment.

An eviction for unpaid rent. 4 stages, from Leaving after a notice to vacate.

  1. Stage 1 · What the statutes set next

    Leaving after a notice to vacate

    Period
    At least 5 days
    From
    Delivery of the written notice to vacate
    Whose
    The tenant

    The notice to vacate allows the tenant not less than 5 days from delivery to leave, unless the lease waived it.

    The whole of it: Being Evicted →La. C.C.P. art. 4701

  2. Stage 2 · Later in the statutes

    The earliest an eviction hearing can be held

    Period
    3 days
    From
    Service of the rule to show cause
    Whose
    The court

    The court makes the eviction rule returnable no earlier than the third day after service, and hears any defense then.

    The whole of it: Being Evicted →La. C.C.P. art. 4732

  3. Stage 3 · Later in the statutes

    Leaving after a judgment of eviction

    Period
    24 hours
    From
    The judgment of eviction
    Whose
    The tenant

    If the tenant has not left within 24 hours after the judgment, the court issues a warrant to deliver possession to the landlord.

    The whole of it: Being Evicted →La. C.C.P. art. 4733

  4. Stage 4 · Later in the statutes

    A suspensive appeal of an eviction

    The date of: The judgment of evictionThe same date as stage 3, so it is counted from there once that date is in.

    Period
    24 hours
    From
    The judgment of eviction
    Whose
    The tenant

    An appeal stops the eviction only if applied for, with the bond filed, within 24 hours after the judgment.

    The whole of it: Being Evicted →La. C.C.P. art. 4735

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What the law asks of each side between them, a step at a time: The Five Day Notice

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