Walk It Through: The Notice On The Door
Rent behind, a notice of nonpayment, the first appearance and a trial date.
Rent in a month to month tenancy is a few days late, and a notice of nonpayment appears on the door.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One nonpayment notice in one rental. Terminations for other causes, no cause notices, week to week tenancies and what happens after a judgment for possession 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.
- Default judgment for possessionA judgment for possession for the landlord, which is entered only if the landlord appears at the first appearance and the tenant does not.
- First appearanceThe court date the clerk sets after a landlord files for possession: 15 days after the judicial day following payment of the filing fee for a nonpayment claim, and seven days after for other claims.
- Notice of nonpaymentThe landlord's written notice stating the nonpayment, the intention to end the rental agreement if the rent is not paid within the notice period, the amount that has to be paid, and the date and time by which it has to be paid. Paying within that period cures the nonpayment.