Walk It Through: The Seven Day Notice
Rent 7 days late, a notice naming the amount, a payment that voids it, and a court case that can still be stopped.
Rent is 7 days late. A notice arrives giving 7 days.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
A tenancy at will with rent 7 days or more behind. Leases with their own terms, and notices for damage, nuisance or violence, 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.
- Forcible entry and detainerThe court case a landlord brings to remove a tenant, served like any civil case with the court's form notice, ending in a writ of possession if the landlord wins.
- Tenancy at willA rental with no fixed term, ended by at least 30 days' written notice from either side, or 7 days for the causes the law lists.
- Warranty of habitabilityThe landlord's promise, in every rental agreement written or spoken, that the unit is fit for human habitation.
- Writ of possessionThe court's order, issued seven calendar days after judgment, that a sheriff or constable serves to remove the tenant.