{ "dataset": "eviction", "title": "Eviction court process by state", "description": "The eviction court, filing fee, hearing timing, answer deadline, writ and move-out periods in each state and DC, as a free CSV and JSON file built from court self-help pages.", "url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/data/eviction", "publisher": "MCC Solutions", "license": { "name": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "attribution": "Credit \"MCC Solutions\" and link to https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/data/eviction" }, "checked": "2026-11", "row_count": 51, "accuracy": "Facts come from official government pages as they read on the checked date; where no official page could be read, a few come from vetted secondary sources (Cornell LII, Justia (statute text only), FindLaw Codes, Casetext, NCSL, the Uniform Law Commission, the American Bar Association and state bar associations, legal aid networks (LawHelp.org and the state legal help sites), Nolo, the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel, the National Low Income Housing Coalition, the National Center for State Courts, the Eviction Lab, the Tax Foundation, the Sales Tax Institute, the American Payroll Association, SHRM, ADP, Paychex, Bloomberg Tax, Thomson Reuters, Avalara and Sovos), marked \"secondary\" in source_kinds. Anything not confirmed is null and named in the row's unconfirmed list. General information, not legal or tax advice; MCC Solutions is not a law firm and we are not lawyers.", "fields": [ { "name": "jurisdiction_code", "type": "string", "meaning": "Two-letter postal code of the state or DC." }, { "name": "jurisdiction", "type": "string", "meaning": "State name (or District of Columbia)." }, { "name": "court.name", "type": "string", "meaning": "Court that hears eviction cases." }, { "name": "court.text", "type": "string (free text)", "meaning": "Detail on the court. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site." }, { "name": "filing_fee.amount", "type": "number (US dollars)", "meaning": "Filing fee in US dollars." }, { "name": "filing_fee.varies", "type": "boolean", "meaning": "Whether the fee varies by county or claim." }, { "name": "filing_fee.text", "type": "string (free text)", "meaning": "The fee in plain English. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site." }, { "name": "hearing.min", "type": "integer", "meaning": "Earliest the hearing is held." }, { "name": "hearing.max", "type": "integer", "meaning": "Latest the hearing is held." }, { "name": "hearing.unit", "type": "string (code)", "meaning": "Unit for the hearing timing (days, court_days)." }, { "name": "hearing.from", "type": "string (code)", "meaning": "What the hearing timing counts from (for example filing or service)." }, { "name": "hearing.text", "type": "string (free text)", "meaning": "Hearing timing in plain English. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site." }, { "name": "answer.kind", "type": "string (code)", "meaning": "How the tenant responds (a count of days for a written answer, or at the hearing)." }, { "name": "answer.min", "type": "integer", "meaning": "Days the tenant has to answer." }, { "name": "answer.max", "type": "integer", "meaning": "Upper end of that period, when it is a range." }, { "name": "answer.unit", "type": "string (code)", "meaning": "Unit for the answer period." }, { "name": "answer.text", "type": "string (free text)", "meaning": "The answer rule in plain English. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site." }, { "name": "writ.min", "type": "integer", "meaning": "Earliest the writ of possession issues after judgment." }, { "name": "writ.max", "type": "integer", "meaning": "Latest, when it is a range." }, { "name": "writ.unit", "type": "string (code)", "meaning": "Unit for the writ timing." }, { "name": "writ.text", "type": "string (free text)", "meaning": "Writ timing in plain English. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site." }, { "name": "lockout.min", "type": "integer", "meaning": "Time the tenant has to leave." }, { "name": "lockout.max", "type": "integer", "meaning": "Upper end, when it is a range." }, { "name": "lockout.unit", "type": "string (code)", "meaning": "Unit for the move-out period." }, { "name": "lockout.from", "type": "string (code)", "meaning": "What the move-out period counts from." }, { "name": "lockout.text", "type": "string (free text)", "meaning": "The move-out period in plain English. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site." }, { "name": "officer.who", "type": "string", "meaning": "Who carries out the lockout." }, { "name": "officer.text", "type": "string (free text)", "meaning": "Detail on the officer. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site." }, { "name": "cure.value", "type": "string (code)", "meaning": "Whether paying everything owed stops a nonpayment case." }, { "name": "cure.text", "type": "string (free text)", "meaning": "The payment rule in plain English. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site." }, { "name": "counsel.value", "type": "boolean", "meaning": "Whether tenants have a statewide right to a lawyer in eviction cases (some laws cover only certain tenants)." }, { "name": "counsel.text", "type": "string (free text)", "meaning": "Detail on right to counsel. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site." }, { "name": "counsel.basis", "type": "string (code)", "meaning": "Where the answer comes from: official (a state page) or list (a national tracker of enacted laws, a secondary source, dated)." }, { "name": "counsel.local", "type": "string (free text)", "meaning": "Cities or counties the national list names with their own right-to-counsel law. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site." }, { "name": "diversion.value", "type": "boolean", "meaning": "Whether the courts run a statewide eviction diversion or mediation program." }, { "name": "diversion.text", "type": "string (free text)", "meaning": "Detail on the program. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site." }, { "name": "diversion.basis", "type": "string (code)", "meaning": "Where the answer comes from: official (a state page) or list (a national list, a secondary source, dated)." }, { "name": "notes", "type": "string (free text)", "meaning": "Other points from the official source. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site." }, { "name": "unconfirmed", "type": "array of strings", "meaning": "Fields the official sources read did not confirm for this row. Those values are null." }, { "name": "source_urls", "type": "array of strings", "meaning": "Links to the sources (all of them for jurisdictions with their own page; the main linked source for the others)." }, { "name": "source_kinds", "type": "array of strings", "meaning": "What each link in source_urls is, in the same order: \"official\" (a government page: state agency, legislature, court, county or city) or \"secondary\" (a vetted secondary source, used only where no official page could be read: Cornell LII, Justia (statute text only), FindLaw Codes, Casetext, NCSL, the Uniform Law Commission, the American Bar Association and state bar associations, legal aid networks (LawHelp.org and the state legal help sites), Nolo, the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel, the National Low Income Housing Coalition, the National Center for State Courts, the Eviction Lab, the Tax Foundation, the Sales Tax Institute, the American Payroll Association, SHRM, ADP, Paychex, Bloomberg Tax, Thomson Reuters, Avalara and Sovos). A fact backed only by a secondary source is shown on the site as \" (secondary source)\"." }, { "name": "checked", "type": "date (YYYY-MM-DD)", "meaning": "When the row's sources were opened (YYYY-MM or YYYY-MM-DD). A row with no official source carries the date of the check that found none." }, { "name": "page_url", "type": "string (URL)", "meaning": "The page on mcc-solutionsnj.com that explains this row." } ], "rows": [ { "jurisdiction_code": "AL", "jurisdiction": "Alabama", "court.name": "District Court (shared with Circuit Court)", "court.text": "Eviction (unlawful detainer) cases can be filed in District Court or Circuit Court; the county court pages describe District Court filing.", "filing_fee.amount": null, "filing_fee.varies": true, "filing_fee.text": "Set locally. County court pages we opened list $280 (Russell), $305 (Escambia) and $350 (Mobile and Montgomery) to start a case, with added fees per defendant.", "hearing.min": null, "hearing.max": null, "hearing.unit": null, "hearing.from": null, "hearing.text": null, "answer.kind": "days", "answer.min": 7, "answer.max": null, "answer.unit": "days", "answer.text": "Seven calendar days after service to answer the claim for possession (14 days for a money claim).", "writ.min": 7, "writ.max": null, "writ.unit": "days", "writ.text": "The writ of possession can be requested only after the 7-day stay that follows the judgment (the time to appeal) has run.", "lockout.min": null, "lockout.max": null, "lockout.unit": null, "lockout.from": null, "lockout.text": null, "officer.who": "Sheriff", "officer.text": "The writ directs the county's law enforcement (the sheriff) to restore possession to the landlord.", "cure.value": null, "cure.text": null, "counsel.value": false, "counsel.text": "No statewide right to counsel for tenants in eviction cases (as of November 2026, per the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel): its tracker of enacted laws lists no statewide law here.", "counsel.basis": "list", "counsel.local": null, "diversion.value": null, "diversion.text": null, "diversion.basis": null, "notes": "An appeal does not stop the writ unless the tenant pays the circuit clerk all rent properly payable (Act 2006-316, section 35-9A-461(d)); the Mobile and Montgomery pages describe this as an appeal bond based on past-due and accruing rent. The writ timing above comes from a county procedure sheet; other counties may word it differently.", "unconfirmed": [ "hearing", "lockout", "cure", "diversion" ], "source_urls": [ "https://mobile.alacourt.gov/district-civil-and-small-claims/unlawful-detainers/", "https://montgomery.alacourt.gov/district-civil/unlawful-detainers/", "https://russell.alacourt.gov/media/1037/unlawful-detainer-filing-packet.pdf", "https://escambia.alacourt.gov/media/1329/eviction_unlawful-detainer-filing-procedure-092025.pdf", "https://macon.alacourt.gov/media/1026/universal-residential-landlord-and-tenant-act.pdf", "https://civilrighttocounsel.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/RTC_Enacted_Legislation_in_Eviction_Proceedings_FINAL.pdf" ], "source_kinds": [ "official", "official", "official", "official", "official", "secondary" ], "checked": "2026-11", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-alabama" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "AK", "jurisdiction": "Alaska", "court.name": "District Court", "court.text": "District Court for claims of $100,000 or less; Superior Court above that. File at the courthouse closest to the rental.", "filing_fee.amount": 150, "filing_fee.varies": false, "filing_fee.text": "$150 to file, unless a fee waiver is granted.", "hearing.min": 2, "hearing.max": 15, "hearing.unit": "days", "hearing.from": "filing", "hearing.text": "The hearing is held within 15 days of filing and no sooner than 2 days after the tenant is served (the earliest date here assumes service on the filing day).", "answer.kind": "days", "answer.min": 20, "answer.max": null, "answer.unit": "days", "answer.text": "20 days to file a written Answer. The possession hearing usually comes first; the Answer covers the rest of the case.", "writ.min": null, "writ.max": null, "writ.unit": null, "writ.text": null, "lockout.min": null, "lockout.max": null, "lockout.unit": null, "lockout.from": null, "lockout.text": null, "officer.who": "Peace officer", "officer.text": "A peace officer carries out the writ of assistance; in Anchorage the court sends landlords to the State Troopers Judicial Services Office.", "cure.value": null, "cure.text": null, "counsel.value": false, "counsel.text": "No statewide right to counsel for tenants in eviction cases (as of November 2026, per the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel): its tracker of enacted laws lists no statewide law here.", "counsel.basis": "list", "counsel.local": null, "diversion.value": true, "diversion.text": "The court system's Eviction Diversion Program points landlords and tenants to free legal help and mediation, before or after a case is filed.", "diversion.basis": null, "notes": "Paying all the rent before the 7-day deadline in the Notice to Quit means the landlord can't evict for that rent; the pages we read don't say what payment after filing does. In Anchorage the judge may sign the writ at the eviction hearing.", "unconfirmed": [ "writ", "lockout", "cure" ], "source_urls": [ "https://courts.alaska.gov/shc/housing/respondeviction.htm", "https://courts.alaska.gov/shc/housing/startevictioncase.htm", "https://public.courts.alaska.gov/web/forms/docs/civ-720.pdf", "https://public.courts.alaska.gov/web/forms/docs/civ-576anc.pdf", "https://courts.alaska.gov/media/docs/2022/pr-eviction-diversion-initiative.pdf", "https://civilrighttocounsel.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/RTC_Enacted_Legislation_in_Eviction_Proceedings_FINAL.pdf" ], "source_kinds": [ "official", "official", "official", "official", "official", "secondary" ], "checked": "2026-11", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-alaska" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "AZ", "jurisdiction": "Arizona", "court.name": "Justice Court", "court.text": "Justice court in the precinct; the statute also allows filing in superior court.", "filing_fee.amount": null, "filing_fee.varies": true, "filing_fee.text": "Set by your county court; ask the clerk. The statewide justice court schedule lists $41 for an eviction filing and says courts add local fees: Maricopa County's all-inclusive eviction complaint fee is $69.", "hearing.min": 3, "hearing.max": 6, "hearing.unit": "days", "hearing.from": "filing", "hearing.text": "The summons issues the day the complaint is filed and sets the trial 3 to 6 days out; service must be at least 2 days before.", "answer.kind": "at_hearing", "answer.min": null, "answer.max": null, "answer.unit": "days", "answer.text": "The tenant appears and answers at the time on the summons, which is the trial date.", "writ.min": 5, "writ.max": null, "writ.unit": "days", "writ.text": "The landlord returns to court for the writ of restitution after five days (sooner in some breach cases).", "lockout.min": null, "lockout.max": null, "lockout.unit": null, "lockout.from": null, "lockout.text": null, "officer.who": "Constable", "officer.text": "A constable or deputy constable serves and enforces the writ (Maricopa County's page).", "cure.value": null, "cure.text": null, "counsel.value": false, "counsel.text": "No statewide right to counsel for tenants in eviction cases (as of November 2026, per the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel): its tracker of enacted laws lists no statewide law here.", "counsel.basis": "list", "counsel.local": null, "diversion.value": null, "diversion.text": null, "diversion.basis": null, "notes": "For a material and irreparable breach the statute sets trial within three days of filing and restitution 12 to 24 hours after judgment. Maricopa's sheet counts the low end as three working days.", "unconfirmed": [ "lockout", "cure", "diversion" ], "source_urls": [ "https://www.azleg.gov/ars/33/01377.htm", "https://www.azcourts.gov/legalinfohub/Legal-Process-Sheets/Eviction-Actions", "https://justicecourts.maricopa.gov/media/hytc03eh/howto-writ.pdf", "https://www.justicecourts.maricopa.gov/media/2pqjrk5y/info-what-happens-ea.pdf", "https://civilrighttocounsel.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/RTC_Enacted_Legislation_in_Eviction_Proceedings_FINAL.pdf", "https://www.azcourts.gov/courtfilingfees/Justice-Court-Filing-Fees", "https://www.justicecourts.maricopa.gov/about-us/justice-court-fees" ], "source_kinds": [ "official", "official", "official", "official", "secondary", "official", "official" ], "checked": "2026-11", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-arizona" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "AR", "jurisdiction": "Arkansas", "court.name": "Circuit Court", "filing_fee.amount": null, "filing_fee.varies": null, "hearing.min": null, "hearing.max": null, "hearing.unit": null, "hearing.from": null, "answer.kind": "days", "answer.min": 5, "answer.max": null, "answer.unit": "days", "writ.min": null, "writ.max": null, "writ.unit": null, "lockout.min": null, "lockout.max": null, "lockout.unit": null, "lockout.from": null, "officer.who": "Sheriff", "cure.value": null, "counsel.value": false, "counsel.basis": "list", "diversion.value": null, "diversion.basis": null, "unconfirmed": [ "filing_fee", "hearing", "writ", "lockout", "cure", "diversion" ], "source_urls": [ "https://arkansasag.gov/divisions/public-protection/homes/landlord-and-tenant-rights/" ], "source_kinds": [ "official" ], "checked": "2026-11", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-timeline-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "CA", "jurisdiction": "California", "court.name": "Superior Court", "court.text": "The superior court of the county where the rental is (an unlawful detainer case).", "filing_fee.amount": 240, "filing_fee.varies": false, "filing_fee.text": "$240 when the amount demanded is $10,000 or less; $385 over $10,000 up to $35,000 (statewide schedule effective January 1, 2026).", "hearing.min": null, "hearing.max": null, "hearing.unit": null, "hearing.from": null, "hearing.text": null, "answer.kind": "days", "answer.min": 10, "answer.max": null, "answer.unit": "court_days", "answer.text": "10 court days after personal service to file an Answer (weekends and court holidays don't count); more if served another way.", "writ.min": null, "writ.max": null, "writ.unit": null, "writ.text": null, "lockout.min": 5, "lockout.max": null, "lockout.unit": "days", "lockout.from": "writ", "lockout.text": "After the writ, the sheriff serves a Notice to Vacate that gives 5 days to move out.", "officer.who": "Sheriff", "officer.text": "The sheriff serves the Notice to Vacate and locks out a tenant who stays.", "cure.value": null, "cure.text": null, "counsel.value": false, "counsel.text": "No statewide right to counsel for tenants in eviction cases (as of November 2026, per the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel): its tracker of enacted laws lists no statewide law here. Local: San Francisco (2018), Los Angeles County (2024) and the City of Los Angeles (2025) have their own right-to-counsel laws.", "counsel.basis": "list", "counsel.local": "San Francisco (2018), Los Angeles County (2024) and the City of Los Angeles (2025)", "diversion.value": null, "diversion.text": null, "diversion.basis": null, "notes": "Riverside's chart says the trial is typically set within 20 days; that is a county description, not a statewide rule, so no hearing range is used here. The state guide says a tenant approved for rental help may be able to stop the eviction.", "unconfirmed": [ "hearing", "writ", "cure", "diversion" ], "source_urls": [ "https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/eviction-tenant/lose-case", "https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/eviction-tenant/summons-complaint", "https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/eviction", "https://sdcourt.ca.gov/sdcourt/civil2/LandlordTenant/LandlordTenantFAQsMain/TenantFAQs", "https://riverside.courts.ca.gov/system/files/tenants_flowchart.pdf", "https://santaclara.courts.ca.gov/self-help/self-help-topics/evictions-unlawful-detainers", "https://www.butte.courts.ca.gov/system/files/general/2026-statewide-civil-fee-schedule.pdf", "https://civilrighttocounsel.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/RTC_Enacted_Legislation_in_Eviction_Proceedings_FINAL.pdf" ], "source_kinds": [ "official", "official", "official", "official", "official", "official", "official", "secondary" ], "checked": "2026-11", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-california" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "CO", "jurisdiction": "Colorado", "court.name": "County Court", "court.text": "County court in the county where the rental is.", "filing_fee.amount": null, "filing_fee.varies": true, "filing_fee.text": "Depends on the amount claimed: $95 to $265 in the Jefferson County packet ($85 for county court claims under $1,000 in the clinic slides). Tenants pay no filing or service fee.", "hearing.min": 7, "hearing.max": 14, "hearing.unit": "days", "hearing.from": "filing", "hearing.text": "The clerk sets the return (court) date 7 to 14 days after filing.", "answer.kind": "at_hearing", "answer.min": null, "answer.max": null, "answer.unit": "days", "answer.text": "The Answer is due by the court date on the summons.", "writ.min": 10, "writ.max": null, "writ.unit": "days", "writ.text": "The writ of restitution can't issue until at least 10 days after judgment.", "lockout.min": null, "lockout.max": null, "lockout.unit": null, "lockout.from": null, "lockout.text": null, "officer.who": "Sheriff", "officer.text": "After the writ, the landlord sets a removal date with the sheriff.", "cure.value": "yes", "cure.text": "The court's clinic slides list paying the landlord the rent owed before the judge orders possession as a defense.", "counsel.value": false, "counsel.text": "No statewide right to counsel for tenants in eviction cases (as of November 2026, per the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel): its tracker of enacted laws lists no statewide law here. Local: Boulder (2020) and Denver (2021) have their own right-to-counsel laws.", "counsel.basis": "list", "counsel.local": "Boulder (2020) and Denver (2021)", "diversion.value": true, "diversion.text": "Free mediation is available; it is mandatory through the state Office of Dispute Resolution for tenants who receive SSI, SSDI or TANF.", "diversion.basis": null, "notes": null, "unconfirmed": [ "lockout" ], "source_urls": [ "https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/self-help/residential-evictions", "https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/sites/default/files/2024-11/FED%20Clinic%20PowerPoint%20-%20November%202024.pdf", "https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/sites/default/files/2023-07/JDF186.pdf", "https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/sites/default/files/2025-04/Jefferson%20County%20Eviction%20Packet%204.7.25.pdf", "https://civilrighttocounsel.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/RTC_Enacted_Legislation_in_Eviction_Proceedings_FINAL.pdf" ], "source_kinds": [ "official", "official", "official", "official", "secondary" ], "checked": "2026-11", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-colorado" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "CT", "jurisdiction": "Connecticut", "court.name": "Housing Session or Judicial District docket", "filing_fee.amount": 175, "filing_fee.varies": false, "hearing.min": null, "hearing.max": null, "hearing.unit": null, "hearing.from": null, "answer.kind": null, "answer.min": null, "answer.max": null, "answer.unit": null, "writ.min": 5, "writ.max": null, "writ.unit": "days_excl_sun", "lockout.min": null, "lockout.max": null, "lockout.unit": null, "lockout.from": null, "officer.who": "State marshal", "cure.value": null, "counsel.value": true, "counsel.basis": null, "diversion.value": null, "diversion.basis": null, "unconfirmed": [ "hearing", "answer", "lockout", "cure", "diversion" ], "source_urls": [ "https://www.jud.ct.gov/faq/landlord.html" ], "source_kinds": [ "official" ], "checked": "2026-11", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-timeline-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "DE", "jurisdiction": "Delaware", "court.name": "Justice of the Peace Court", "court.text": "Landlord-tenant (summary possession) cases are tried in the Justice of the Peace Court.", "filing_fee.amount": 45, "filing_fee.varies": false, "filing_fee.text": "$45 to file a landlord-tenant case, per the Justice of the Peace Court's fee page (updated November 2021); serving a writ of summary possession is $40 more. The court's undated booklet still lists $40.", "hearing.min": 5, "hearing.max": null, "hearing.unit": "days", "hearing.from": "filing", "hearing.text": "The summons must be served at least 5 days (and no more than 30 days) before the hearing, so the hearing is at least 5 days after filing; mediation must be finished at least 48 hours before trial.", "answer.kind": "at_hearing", "answer.min": null, "answer.max": null, "answer.unit": "days", "answer.text": "No written answer is needed; the tenant must appear in court on the date in the summons or lose by default.", "writ.min": 10, "writ.max": null, "writ.unit": "days", "writ.text": "The writ of possession can't issue for 10 days after judgment unless an appeal is filed; the landlord must ask for it within 30 days.", "lockout.min": 24, "lockout.max": null, "lockout.unit": "hours", "lockout.from": "writ", "lockout.text": "When the writ is executed, the people to be removed get at least 24 hours' notice to leave.", "officer.who": "Constable", "officer.text": "A constable carries out the writ of possession.", "cure.value": "yes", "cure.text": "Paying everything owed before the landlord asks for the writ of possession stops the eviction; if payment comes after the writ issues, the landlord must make reasonable efforts to stop it.", "counsel.value": true, "counsel.text": "Income-eligible tenants facing eviction may get free legal representation; call 211 or see bit.ly/EvictionHelpDE.", "counsel.basis": null, "counsel.local": null, "diversion.value": true, "diversion.text": "The Justice of the Peace Court runs a free residential eviction diversion program with negotiation and mediation; landlords must take part.", "diversion.basis": null, "notes": "Either side has five business days after the judgment to ask for an appeal, and a cash bond may be required to keep the eviction from going ahead.", "unconfirmed": [], "source_urls": [ "https://courts.delaware.gov/jpcourt/jpcivil.aspx", "https://courts.delaware.gov/help/proceedings/docs/JP_How_To_Filie_Civil_Claim_Booklet.pdf", "https://courts.delaware.gov/help/Proceedings/jpglossary.aspx", "https://www.courts.delaware.gov/help/LandlordTenant/", "https://www.courts.delaware.gov/Help/fees/jpfees.aspx", "https://delcode.delaware.gov/title25/c057/" ], "source_kinds": [ "official", "official", "official", "official", "official", "official" ], "checked": "2026-11", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-delaware" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "DC", "jurisdiction": "District of Columbia", "court.name": "Landlord and Tenant Branch, Superior Court", "court.text": "The Landlord and Tenant Branch of the Superior Court's Civil Division.", "filing_fee.amount": 15, "filing_fee.varies": false, "filing_fee.text": "$15 to file a complaint in the Landlord and Tenant Branch; the writ of restitution costs $213 more ($10 court fee, $195 U.S. Marshal fee and $8 administrative fee).", "hearing.min": 28, "hearing.max": null, "hearing.unit": "days", "hearing.from": "filing", "hearing.text": "Initial hearings are scheduled at least 28 calendar days after filing.", "answer.kind": "at_hearing", "answer.min": null, "answer.max": null, "answer.unit": "days", "answer.text": "No written answer is needed unless the tenant wants a jury trial (or raises a plea of title or counterclaim); the tenant comes to the initial hearing.", "writ.min": 48, "writ.max": null, "writ.unit": "hours", "writ.text": "The landlord waits at least 48 hours after a judgment or default before filing for the writ of restitution (valid for 75 days).", "lockout.min": null, "lockout.max": null, "lockout.unit": null, "lockout.from": null, "lockout.text": null, "officer.who": "U.S. Marshals Service", "officer.text": "The eviction is carried out under the supervision of the United States Marshals Service.", "cure.value": "yes", "cure.text": "The tenant can redeem the tenancy by paying all rent, interest and costs owed at any time before the eviction.", "counsel.value": false, "counsel.text": "No statewide right to counsel for tenants in eviction cases (as of November 2026, per the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel): its tracker of enacted laws lists no statewide law here.", "counsel.basis": "list", "counsel.local": null, "diversion.value": true, "diversion.text": "Yes: the D.C. Courts take part in the National Center for State Courts' Eviction Diversion Initiative, which supports court-based eviction diversion (as of November 2026, per the National Center for State Courts).", "diversion.basis": "list", "notes": null, "unconfirmed": [ "lockout" ], "source_urls": [ "https://www.dccourts.gov/node/510", "https://www.dccourts.gov/sites/default/files/matters-docs/Case-Management-Plan-Landlord-and-Tenant-Branch.pdf", "https://civilrighttocounsel.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/RTC_Enacted_Legislation_in_Eviction_Proceedings_FINAL.pdf", "https://www.ncsc.org/evictiondiversion", "https://www.dccourts.gov/node/12073" ], "source_kinds": [ "official", "official", "secondary", "secondary", "official" ], "checked": "2026-11", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-district-of-columbia" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "FL", "jurisdiction": "Florida", "court.name": "County Court", "court.text": "The county court of the county where the rental is.", "filing_fee.amount": 180, "filing_fee.varies": false, "filing_fee.text": "$180 to file a removal of tenant action in county court.", "hearing.min": null, "hearing.max": null, "hearing.unit": null, "hearing.from": null, "hearing.text": null, "answer.kind": "days", "answer.min": 5, "answer.max": null, "answer.unit": "court_days", "answer.text": "5 days after service, not counting weekends and legal holidays. To raise any defense other than payment, the tenant must also pay the rent alleged into the court registry (or move to have the rent set) in that time.", "writ.min": 0, "writ.max": null, "writ.unit": "days", "writ.text": "If the tenant misses the registry deadline, the landlord can get an immediate default judgment and the writ issues without another hearing.", "lockout.min": 24, "lockout.max": null, "lockout.unit": "hours", "lockout.from": "writ", "lockout.text": "The sheriff puts the landlord in possession after posting 24 hours' notice on the property.", "officer.who": "Sheriff", "officer.text": "The clerk issues the writ to the sheriff.", "cure.value": null, "cure.text": null, "counsel.value": false, "counsel.text": "No statewide right to counsel for tenants in eviction cases (as of November 2026, per the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel): its tracker of enacted laws lists no statewide law here.", "counsel.basis": "list", "counsel.local": null, "diversion.value": null, "diversion.text": null, "diversion.basis": null, "notes": null, "unconfirmed": [ "hearing", "cure", "diversion" ], "source_urls": [ "https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2025/Chapter83/All", "https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0000-0099%2F0083%2FSections%2F0083.60.html", "https://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0000-0099%2F0034%2FSections%2F0034.041.html", "https://civilrighttocounsel.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/RTC_Enacted_Legislation_in_Eviction_Proceedings_FINAL.pdf" ], "source_kinds": [ "official", "official", "official", "secondary" ], "checked": "2026-11", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-florida" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "GA", "jurisdiction": "Georgia", "court.name": "Magistrate Court", "court.text": "Most dispossessory (eviction) cases are filed in the county's magistrate court.", "filing_fee.amount": null, "filing_fee.varies": true, "filing_fee.text": "Set locally by each county's magistrate court. County pages we opened list $100 for one defendant in Upson County and $112 for the affidavit and service on one tenant in Augusta-Richmond County.", "hearing.min": null, "hearing.max": null, "hearing.unit": null, "hearing.from": null, "hearing.text": null, "answer.kind": "days", "answer.min": 7, "answer.max": null, "answer.unit": "days", "answer.text": "The answer (written or oral) is due by the seventh day after service.", "writ.min": 7, "writ.max": null, "writ.unit": "days", "writ.text": "After a judgment for the landlord, wait seven days before asking for the writ of possession (Fulton County Magistrate Court's landlord checklist).", "lockout.min": null, "lockout.max": null, "lockout.unit": null, "lockout.from": null, "lockout.text": null, "officer.who": "Sheriff", "officer.text": "The sheriff or a designee sets the tenant out after a writ of possession issues.", "cure.value": "yes", "cure.text": "Per the report on the Judicial Council's site, a tenant can avoid eviction by paying all rent owed plus court costs within 7 days of the summons; landlords must accept this once in a 12-month period.", "counsel.value": false, "counsel.text": "No statewide right to counsel for tenants in eviction cases (as of November 2026, per the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel): its tracker of enacted laws lists no statewide law here.", "counsel.basis": "list", "counsel.local": null, "diversion.value": false, "diversion.text": "No state-level diversion, mediation or rental assistance program, per the report; some counties run their own.", "diversion.basis": "official", "notes": "The report is a policy study hosted on the Judicial Council's site, not the statute; check O.C.G.A. Title 44, Chapter 7 for the exact rule. It gives seven days to appeal after a decision.", "unconfirmed": [ "hearing", "lockout" ], "source_urls": [ "https://georgiamagistratecouncil.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/MAG-30-01-DISPOSSESSORY-AFFIDAVIT-AND-SUMMONS.pdf", "https://georgiacourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Georgia-Eviction-Policy-Report.pdf", "https://civilrighttocounsel.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/RTC_Enacted_Legislation_in_Eviction_Proceedings_FINAL.pdf", "https://www.upsoncountyga.org/DocumentCenter/View/2430/Magistrate-Court-Fees-2025", "https://www.augustaga.gov/DocumentCenter/View/15324/MAG-DISPO-instructions-2022", "https://FultonCountyGa.gov/-/media/Departments/Magistrate-Court/Court-Resources/Landlord-Pamphlet.pdf" ], "source_kinds": [ "official", "official", "secondary", "official", "official", "official" ], "checked": "2026-11", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-georgia" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "HI", "jurisdiction": "Hawaii", "court.name": "District Court", "filing_fee.amount": null, "filing_fee.varies": null, "hearing.min": null, "hearing.max": null, "hearing.unit": null, "hearing.from": null, "answer.kind": null, "answer.min": null, "answer.max": null, "answer.unit": null, "writ.min": null, "writ.max": null, "writ.unit": null, "lockout.min": null, "lockout.max": null, "lockout.unit": null, "lockout.from": null, "officer.who": "Sheriff, police officer or civil process server", "cure.value": "yes", "counsel.value": false, "counsel.basis": "list", "diversion.value": true, "diversion.basis": null, "unconfirmed": [ "filing_fee", "hearing", "answer", "writ", "lockout" ], "source_urls": [ "https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2017/HRS-Chapter-PDF%27s/HRS_0666.pdf" ], "source_kinds": [ "official" ], "checked": "2026-11", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-timeline-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "ID", "jurisdiction": "Idaho", "court.name": "District Court", "court.text": "Filed in the district court for the county (the court's forms carry the district court caption).", "filing_fee.amount": null, "filing_fee.varies": null, "filing_fee.text": null, "hearing.min": 5, "hearing.max": 12, "hearing.unit": "days", "hearing.from": "filing", "hearing.text": "In a nonpayment case the court sets trial within 12 days of filing, and the tenant must be served at least 5 days before trial.", "answer.kind": null, "answer.min": null, "answer.max": null, "answer.unit": null, "answer.text": null, "writ.min": null, "writ.max": null, "writ.unit": null, "writ.text": null, "lockout.min": 3, "lockout.max": null, "lockout.unit": "days", "lockout.from": "judgment", "lockout.text": "A residential tenant has 72 hours to remove belongings; the sheriff acts after that and at least three days after the court's finding.", "officer.who": "Sheriff", "officer.text": "The sheriff restores possession by removing the tenant.", "cure.value": null, "cure.text": null, "counsel.value": false, "counsel.text": "No statewide right to counsel for tenants in eviction cases (as of November 2026, per the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel): its tracker of enacted laws lists no statewide law here.", "counsel.basis": "list", "counsel.local": null, "diversion.value": null, "diversion.text": null, "diversion.basis": null, "notes": "Answer deadlines differ by case type and the official pages don't agree (the renters' guide says 20 days, the Attorney General's manual 21 days for lease-violation cases), so none is used here. Before filing, a nonpayment notice gives three days to pay.", "unconfirmed": [ "filing_fee", "answer", "writ", "cure", "diversion" ], "source_urls": [ "https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/statutesrules/idstat/Title6/T6CH3.pdf", "https://www.ag.idaho.gov/content/uploads/2026/07/LandlordTenant.pdf", "https://courtselfhelp.idaho.gov/docs/forms/CAO_UD_Instr_1.pdf", "https://courtselfhelp.idaho.gov/docs/forms/H-6.pdf", "https://civilrighttocounsel.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/RTC_Enacted_Legislation_in_Eviction_Proceedings_FINAL.pdf" ], "source_kinds": [ "official", "official", "official", "official", "secondary" ], "checked": "2026-11", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-idaho" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "IL", "jurisdiction": "Illinois", "court.name": "Circuit Court", "filing_fee.amount": null, "filing_fee.varies": null, "hearing.min": 3, "hearing.max": null, "hearing.unit": "days", "hearing.from": "filing", "answer.kind": "at_hearing", "answer.min": null, "answer.max": null, "answer.unit": "days", "writ.min": null, "writ.max": null, "writ.unit": null, "lockout.min": null, "lockout.max": null, "lockout.unit": null, "lockout.from": null, "officer.who": "Sheriff", "cure.value": null, "counsel.value": false, "counsel.basis": "list", "diversion.value": true, "diversion.basis": null, "unconfirmed": [ "filing_fee", "writ", "lockout", "cure" ], "source_urls": [ "https://ilcourtsaudio.blob.core.windows.net/antilles-resources/resources/64f9544b-7e64-40b7-b9f2-45ecc09ecc49/EVC%20Eviction%20Summons.pdf" ], "source_kinds": [ "official" ], "checked": "2026-11", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-timeline-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "IN", "jurisdiction": "Indiana", "court.name": null, "filing_fee.amount": null, "filing_fee.varies": null, "hearing.min": null, "hearing.max": null, "hearing.unit": null, "hearing.from": null, "answer.kind": null, "answer.min": null, "answer.max": null, "answer.unit": null, "writ.min": null, "writ.max": null, "writ.unit": null, "lockout.min": null, "lockout.max": null, "lockout.unit": null, "lockout.from": null, "officer.who": "Sheriff", "cure.value": null, "counsel.value": false, "counsel.basis": "list", "diversion.value": true, "diversion.basis": null, "unconfirmed": [ "court", "filing_fee", "hearing", "answer", "writ", "lockout", "cure" ], "source_urls": [ "https://www.in.gov/courts/files/small-claims-manual.pdf" ], "source_kinds": [ "official" ], "checked": "2026-11", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-timeline-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "IA", "jurisdiction": "Iowa", "court.name": "Small Claims Court", "court.text": "Filed as a small claims action in the county where the rental is.", "filing_fee.amount": 115, "filing_fee.varies": false, "filing_fee.text": "$115, collected when you file electronically.", "hearing.min": 3, "hearing.max": 8, "hearing.unit": "days", "hearing.from": "filing", "hearing.text": "The hearing is set no later than 8 days after filing (up to 15 if the landlord asks for or agrees to a later date), and personal service must be at least 3 days before.", "answer.kind": "at_hearing", "answer.min": null, "answer.max": null, "answer.unit": "days", "answer.text": "The tenant gets at least three days' notice and answers by attending the hearing; missing it can mean a judgment.", "writ.min": 0, "writ.max": 3, "writ.unit": "days", "writ.text": "If the landlord wins, the execution (removal order) issues within three days of the judgment.", "lockout.min": null, "lockout.max": null, "lockout.unit": null, "lockout.from": null, "lockout.text": null, "officer.who": null, "officer.text": null, "cure.value": null, "cure.text": null, "counsel.value": false, "counsel.text": "No statewide right to counsel for tenants in eviction cases (as of November 2026, per the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel): its tracker of enacted laws lists no statewide law here.", "counsel.basis": "list", "counsel.local": null, "diversion.value": null, "diversion.text": null, "diversion.basis": null, "notes": "The removal order can be carried out only in the daytime (Code section 648.20).", "unconfirmed": [ "lockout", "officer", "cure", "diversion" ], "source_urls": [ "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/648.html", "https://www.iowacourts.gov/browse/files/a5f1cae3a9ca491ab35473050058ca7e/download", "https://www.iowacourts.gov/browse/files/71addedc43dc4d248ef5bac4a9aa28ef/download", "https://civilrighttocounsel.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/RTC_Enacted_Legislation_in_Eviction_Proceedings_FINAL.pdf" ], "source_kinds": [ "official", "official", "official", "secondary" ], "checked": "2026-11", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-iowa" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "KS", "jurisdiction": "Kansas", "court.name": null, "filing_fee.amount": null, "filing_fee.varies": null, "hearing.min": 3, "hearing.max": 14, "hearing.unit": "days", "hearing.from": "filing", "answer.kind": null, "answer.min": null, "answer.max": null, "answer.unit": null, "writ.min": null, "writ.max": null, "writ.unit": null, "lockout.min": 0, "lockout.max": 14, "lockout.unit": "days", "lockout.from": "writ", "officer.who": "Process server named in the writ", "cure.value": null, "counsel.value": false, "counsel.basis": "list", "diversion.value": null, "diversion.basis": null, "unconfirmed": [ "court", "filing_fee", "answer", "writ", "cure", "diversion" ], "source_urls": [ "https://kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_038_0000_article/061_038_0008_section/061_038_0008_k" ], "source_kinds": [ "official" ], "checked": "2026-11", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-timeline-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "KY", "jurisdiction": "Kentucky", "court.name": "District Court", "court.text": "The District Court of the county where the property is.", "filing_fee.amount": null, "filing_fee.varies": null, "filing_fee.text": null, "hearing.min": 3, "hearing.max": null, "hearing.unit": "days", "hearing.from": "filing", "hearing.text": "The tenant gets at least three days' notice of the trial (the earliest date here assumes service on the filing day).", "answer.kind": "at_hearing", "answer.min": null, "answer.max": null, "answer.unit": "days", "answer.text": "The tenant answers by appearing on the trial date on the eviction notice to explain their reasons; the notice is served at least three days before trial.", "writ.min": 7, "writ.max": null, "writ.unit": "days", "writ.text": "The warrant for possession issues once no appeal is filed by the seventh day after the finding.", "lockout.min": 7, "lockout.max": null, "lockout.unit": "days", "lockout.from": "judgment", "lockout.text": "The judgment orders the tenant to leave within seven days; either side may appeal in that time.", "officer.who": "Sheriff or constable", "officer.text": "The warrant is directed to the sheriff or a constable.", "cure.value": null, "cure.text": null, "counsel.value": false, "counsel.text": "No statewide right to counsel for tenants in eviction cases (as of November 2026, per the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel): its tracker of enacted laws lists no statewide law here. Local: Louisville (2021) have their own right-to-counsel laws.", "counsel.basis": "list", "counsel.local": "Louisville (2021)", "diversion.value": null, "diversion.text": null, "diversion.basis": null, "notes": null, "unconfirmed": [ "filing_fee", "cure", "diversion" ], "source_urls": [ "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=35701", "https://www.kycourts.gov/Legal-Forms/Legal%20Forms/220.pdf", "https://www.kycourts.gov/Legal-Forms/Legal%20Forms/217.pdf", "https://www.kycourts.gov/Legal-Forms/Legal%20Forms/215.pdf", "https://civilrighttocounsel.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/RTC_Enacted_Legislation_in_Eviction_Proceedings_FINAL.pdf" ], "source_kinds": [ "official", "official", "official", "official", "secondary" ], "checked": "2026-11", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-kentucky" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "LA", "jurisdiction": "Louisiana", "court.name": null, "court.text": null, "filing_fee.amount": null, "filing_fee.varies": null, "filing_fee.text": null, "hearing.min": 3, "hearing.max": null, "hearing.unit": "days", "hearing.from": "filing", "hearing.text": "The rule to show cause can be tried no earlier than the third day after service (the earliest date here assumes service on the filing day).", "answer.kind": "at_hearing", "answer.min": null, "answer.max": null, "answer.unit": "days", "answer.text": "The tenant answers or appears at the trial of the rule; judgment of eviction is rendered immediately if the landlord prevails or the tenant doesn't appear.", "writ.min": 24, "writ.max": null, "writ.unit": "hours", "writ.text": "If the tenant doesn't comply within 24 hours after the judgment of eviction, the court issues the warrant of possession.", "lockout.min": null, "lockout.max": null, "lockout.unit": null, "lockout.from": null, "lockout.text": null, "officer.who": "Sheriff, constable or marshal", "officer.text": "The sheriff, constable or marshal executes the warrant.", "cure.value": null, "cure.text": null, "counsel.value": false, "counsel.text": "No statewide right to counsel for tenants in eviction cases (as of November 2026, per the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel): its tracker of enacted laws lists no statewide law here. Local: New Orleans (2022) have their own right-to-counsel laws.", "counsel.basis": "list", "counsel.local": "New Orleans (2022)", "diversion.value": null, "diversion.text": null, "diversion.basis": null, "notes": null, "unconfirmed": [ "court", "filing_fee", "lockout", "cure", "diversion" ], "source_urls": [ "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=112079", "https://www.lasc.org/rules/City_Parish/Uniform_Forms_for_City_Parish_Courts.pdf", "https://civilrighttocounsel.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/RTC_Enacted_Legislation_in_Eviction_Proceedings_FINAL.pdf" ], "source_kinds": [ "official", "official", "secondary" ], "checked": "2026-11", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-louisiana" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "ME", "jurisdiction": "Maine", "court.name": null, "court.text": null, "filing_fee.amount": 100, "filing_fee.varies": false, "filing_fee.text": "$100 to file, due at least one business day before the hearing.", "hearing.min": 7, "hearing.max": null, "hearing.unit": "days", "hearing.from": "filing", "hearing.text": "The hearing must be at least 7 days after the tenant gets the complaint (the earliest date here assumes service on the filing day).", "answer.kind": null, "answer.min": null, "answer.max": null, "answer.unit": null, "answer.text": null, "writ.min": 7, "writ.max": null, "writ.unit": "days", "writ.text": "The writ of possession can issue 7 days after judgment.", "lockout.min": 48, "lockout.max": null, "lockout.unit": "hours", "lockout.from": "writ", "lockout.text": "Once a sheriff serves the writ, the tenant has 48 hours to move out.", "officer.who": "Sheriff or constable", "officer.text": "A sheriff or a constable serves the writ; the tenant then has 48 hours.", "cure.value": "yes", "cure.text": "In a nonpayment case, no writ issues if the tenant has paid the amount needed to reinstate the tenancy.", "counsel.value": false, "counsel.text": "No statewide right to counsel for tenants in eviction cases (as of November 2026, per the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel): its tracker of enacted laws lists no statewide law here.", "counsel.basis": "list", "counsel.local": null, "diversion.value": null, "diversion.text": null, "diversion.basis": null, "notes": null, "unconfirmed": [ "court", "answer", "diversion" ], "source_urls": [ "https://www.courts.maine.gov/help/guides/fed-brochure.pdf", "https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/14/title14sec6005.html", "https://civilrighttocounsel.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/RTC_Enacted_Legislation_in_Eviction_Proceedings_FINAL.pdf" ], "source_kinds": [ "official", "official", "secondary" ], "checked": "2026-11", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-maine" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "MD", "jurisdiction": "Maryland", "court.name": "District Court", "court.text": "Failure to pay rent and other landlord-tenant cases are handled by the District Court.", "filing_fee.amount": 50, "filing_fee.varies": false, "filing_fee.text": "$50 for a Failure to Pay Rent complaint in every county but Baltimore City ($60 there), plus $5 for each tenant of record; the amount includes state surcharges. Tenant holding over and breach of lease cases cost more.", "hearing.min": 5, "hearing.max": null, "hearing.unit": "days", "hearing.from": "filing", "hearing.text": "The summons sets the Failure to Pay Rent trial for the fifth day after the complaint is filed; the court can postpone it by one day (longer only if all parties agree).", "answer.kind": "at_hearing", "answer.min": null, "answer.max": null, "answer.unit": "days", "answer.text": "No written answer is described; the tenant defends by attending the hearing, and a judgment can be entered against a tenant who doesn't.", "writ.min": 7, "writ.max": null, "writ.unit": "court_days", "writ.text": "The landlord may file for the warrant of restitution no sooner than 7 business days after the judgment, and must file within 60 days of it (or of the end of any stay).", "lockout.min": 6, "lockout.max": null, "lockout.unit": "days", "lockout.from": "writ", "lockout.text": "Once the eviction is scheduled, the landlord gives written notice at least 6 days before it (14 days by mail and 7 by posting in Baltimore City).", "officer.who": "Sheriff or constable", "officer.text": "The warrant of restitution tells the sheriff or constable to restore the property to the landlord.", "cure.value": "yes", "cure.text": "The tenant can stop the eviction by paying the rent the judge found due plus court costs; the landlord can't refuse it.", "counsel.value": true, "counsel.text": "Eligible tenants may get a free lawyer through the statewide Access to Counsel in Evictions (ACE) program; call 211.", "counsel.basis": null, "counsel.local": "Baltimore (2020)", "diversion.value": true, "diversion.text": "The District Court's Alternative Dispute Resolution program offers free mediation.", "diversion.basis": null, "notes": "The October 2025 rent brochure (DC-CV-082BR) puts the earliest warrant request at seven business days after judgment, which matches the eighth-business-day rule on one court page; an older page said four business days.", "unconfirmed": [], "source_urls": [ "https://mdcourts.gov/legalhelp/housingtenants", "https://www.mdcourts.gov/sites/default/files/import/video/docs/tipsheetrentcourtlandlordsiwonnowwhat.pdf", "https://www.mdcourts.gov/legalhelp/housing", "https://mdcourts.gov/sites/default/files/court-forms/dccv082br.pdf", "https://www.courts.state.md.us/district/forms/acct/dca109.pdf", "https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Statute_Web/grp/8-401.pdf" ], "source_kinds": [ "official", "official", "official", "official", "official", "official" ], "checked": "2026-11", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-maryland" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "MA", "jurisdiction": "Massachusetts", "court.name": "Housing Court or District Court", "court.text": "A District Court or Housing Court; a tenant can ask to move a case to Housing Court.", "filing_fee.amount": null, "filing_fee.varies": true, "filing_fee.text": "Depends on the court: $180 in a District Court or the Boston Municipal Court, $120 in Housing Court, plus a $15 surcharge and $5 for the summons.", "hearing.min": 30, "hearing.max": 60, "hearing.unit": "days", "hearing.from": "filing", "hearing.text": "In the Housing Court, the clerk schedules the first court event 30 to 60 days after the case is entered; if the case isn't resolved there, trial is set about 2 weeks later (Standing Order 1-23, in effect until further order). The District Court and Boston Municipal Court have their own standing orders.", "answer.kind": "days", "answer.min": 7, "answer.max": null, "answer.unit": "days", "answer.text": "The written answer is due on or before the first Monday after the Monday entry date in the summons (counted here from filing on the entry date).", "writ.min": 10, "writ.max": null, "writ.unit": "days", "writ.text": "After judgment the tenant has 10 days to appeal; then the judge gives the execution to the landlord.", "lockout.min": 2, "lockout.max": null, "lockout.unit": "court_days", "lockout.from": "writ", "lockout.text": "The sheriff or constable gives written notice 2 days (not counting weekends or holidays) before removal; moves happen weekdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.", "officer.who": "Sheriff or constable", "officer.text": "The landlord hires a sheriff or constable to serve the execution and carry out the move.", "cure.value": "limited", "cure.text": "A tenant with a lease can stop a nonpayment case by paying all the rent owed, with interest and costs, by the day the answer is due. A tenant at will can cure only within 10 days of getting the notice to quit, and only if they haven't had a nonpayment notice to quit in the last 12 months.", "counsel.value": false, "counsel.text": "No statewide right to counsel for tenants in eviction cases (as of November 2026, per the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel): its tracker of enacted laws lists no statewide law here.", "counsel.basis": "list", "counsel.local": null, "diversion.value": true, "diversion.text": "Statewide RAFT rental assistance (a pending application blocks eviction) and free pre-court community mediation.", "diversion.basis": null, "notes": "Uniform Summary Process Rule 2 puts cases on the second Thursday after the Monday entry date, but provisions inconsistent with the courts' standing orders have been suspended since 2021; the hearing range here is the Housing Court's Standing Order 1-23.", "unconfirmed": [], "source_urls": [ "https://www.mass.gov/info-details/tenants-guide-to-eviction", "https://www.mass.gov/trial-court-rules/uniform-summary-process-rule-2-form-of-summons-and-complaint-entry-of-action-scheduling-of-trial-date-service-of-process", "https://www.mass.gov/how-to/file-an-eviction-case", "https://civilrighttocounsel.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/RTC_Enacted_Legislation_in_Eviction_Proceedings_FINAL.pdf", "https://www.mass.gov/service-details/respond-to-an-eviction-against-you", "https://www.mass.gov/doc/interim-housing-court-standing-order-1-23/download" ], "source_kinds": [ "official", "official", "official", "secondary", "official", "official" ], "checked": "2026-11", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-massachusetts" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "MI", "jurisdiction": "Michigan", "court.name": "District Court", "court.text": "Summary eviction proceedings are brought in district court.", "filing_fee.amount": 45, "filing_fee.varies": false, "filing_fee.text": "$45 for a claim for possession, plus a supplemental fee when money is also claimed.", "hearing.min": 3, "hearing.max": 10, "hearing.unit": "days", "hearing.from": "filing", "hearing.text": "The tenant must appear within 10 days of the summons date, and the summons is served at least 3 days before trial (the earliest date here assumes the summons issues and is served on the filing day).", "answer.kind": "at_hearing", "answer.min": null, "answer.max": null, "answer.unit": "days", "answer.text": "The tenant needs to appear in court on the date and time on the summons.", "writ.min": 10, "writ.max": null, "writ.unit": "days", "writ.text": "The landlord can apply for the order of eviction once the time in the judgment runs out, at least ten days after the possession judgment.", "lockout.min": null, "lockout.max": null, "lockout.unit": null, "lockout.from": null, "lockout.text": null, "officer.who": "Court officer, bailiff or sheriff", "officer.text": "A court officer or bailiff of the court, the sheriff or a deputy, or local law enforcement carries out the order.", "cure.value": "yes", "cure.text": "No order of eviction may enter if the tenant pays the landlord the amount in the possession judgment, with taxed costs, within the time allowed.", "counsel.value": false, "counsel.text": "No statewide right to counsel for tenants in eviction cases (as of November 2026, per the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel): its tracker of enacted laws lists no statewide law here. Local: Detroit (2022) have their own right-to-counsel laws.", "counsel.basis": "list", "counsel.local": "Detroit (2022)", "diversion.value": null, "diversion.text": null, "diversion.basis": null, "notes": "A pending rental assistance application can pause the case: the court rules allow a stay of up to 28 days in total.", "unconfirmed": [ "lockout", "diversion" ], "source_urls": [ "https://www.courts.michigan.gov/49eac5/siteassets/publications/benchbooks/lltbb/lltbbresponsivehtml5.zip/LLTBB/Ch_4_Summary_Eviction_Proceedings/Orders_of_Eviction.htm", "https://www.courts.michigan.gov/499677/siteassets/publications/benchbooks/lltbb/lltbbresponsivehtml5.zip/LLTBB/Ch_4_Summary_Eviction_Proceedings/Chapter_4__58__Summary_Proceedings_To_Evict.htm", "https://www.legislature.mi.gov/publications/tenantlandlord.pdf", "https://www.courts.michigan.gov/4986e9/siteassets/court-administration/resources/dfee.pdf", "https://www.courts.michigan.gov/4a2a77/siteassets/publications/benchbooks/lltbb/lltbbresponsivehtml5.zip/LLTBB/Ch_4_Summary_Eviction_Proceedings/Summons_and_Complaint.htm", "https://civilrighttocounsel.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/RTC_Enacted_Legislation_in_Eviction_Proceedings_FINAL.pdf" ], "source_kinds": [ "official", "official", "official", "official", "official", "secondary" ], "checked": "2026-11", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-michigan" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "MN", "jurisdiction": "Minnesota", "court.name": "District Court (Housing Court)", "court.text": "Eviction cases are heard in Housing Court under the rules for district courts.", "filing_fee.amount": null, "filing_fee.varies": true, "filing_fee.text": "About $325, per the Attorney General's handbook; the court's fee schedule has the current amount.", "hearing.min": 7, "hearing.max": 14, "hearing.unit": "days", "hearing.from": "filing", "hearing.text": "The hearing is set 7 to 14 days out (5 to 7 on an expedited request), and service must be complete at least 7 days before.", "answer.kind": "at_hearing", "answer.min": null, "answer.max": null, "answer.unit": "days", "answer.text": "A tenant who disagrees must appear in court at the hearing.", "writ.min": 0, "writ.max": 7, "writ.unit": "days", "writ.text": "The court issues the writ immediately on judgment, but stays it for a reasonable period of up to seven days in most cases.", "lockout.min": 24, "lockout.max": null, "lockout.unit": "hours", "lockout.from": "writ", "lockout.text": "The writ must be given to the tenant at least 24 hours before the eviction, which only a law enforcement officer can carry out.", "officer.who": "Sheriff", "officer.text": "The landlord takes the writ to the sheriff, who acts if the tenant doesn't move.", "cure.value": "yes", "cure.text": "When nonpayment is the only ground, the tenant can 'pay and stay' by bringing the past-due rent, interest, court costs and a capped attorney fee to the hearing.", "counsel.value": true, "counsel.text": "Limited: a tenant of federally subsidized public housing who faces eviction for an alleged breach of lease and can't afford a lawyer has the right to a court-appointed attorney. The judge asks at the first hearing. Other tenants have no statewide right.", "counsel.basis": null, "counsel.local": "Minneapolis (2021)", "diversion.value": null, "diversion.text": null, "diversion.basis": null, "notes": null, "unconfirmed": [ "diversion" ], "source_urls": [ "https://www.mncourts.gov/mncourtsgov/media/CourtForms/HOU101.pdf", "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/504b.345", "https://www.ag.state.mn.us/consumer/handbooks/lt/CH4.asp", "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/2025/2025-10-19%2014:07:52+00:00/cite/504B.268/pdf" ], "source_kinds": [ "official", "official", "official", "official" ], "checked": "2026-11", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-minnesota" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "MS", "jurisdiction": "Mississippi", "court.name": "Justice Court", "filing_fee.amount": null, "filing_fee.varies": null, "hearing.min": null, "hearing.max": null, "hearing.unit": null, "hearing.from": null, "answer.kind": "at_hearing", "answer.min": null, "answer.max": null, "answer.unit": "days", "writ.min": null, "writ.max": null, "writ.unit": null, "lockout.min": null, "lockout.max": null, "lockout.unit": null, "lockout.from": null, "officer.who": null, "cure.value": null, "counsel.value": false, "counsel.basis": "list", "diversion.value": null, "diversion.basis": null, "unconfirmed": [ "filing_fee", "hearing", "writ", "lockout", "officer", "cure", "diversion" ], "source_urls": [ "https://www.courts.ms.gov/aoc/courtinterpreter/Translated%20Forms/Sample%20Eviction%20Documents/Residential%20eviction%20summons.pdf" ], "source_kinds": [ "official" ], "checked": "2026-11", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-timeline-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "MO", "jurisdiction": "Missouri", "court.name": "Associate circuit judge", "filing_fee.amount": null, "filing_fee.varies": null, "hearing.min": 4, "hearing.max": null, "hearing.unit": "days", "hearing.from": "filing", "answer.kind": "at_hearing", "answer.min": null, "answer.max": null, "answer.unit": "days", "writ.min": null, "writ.max": null, "writ.unit": null, "lockout.min": null, "lockout.max": null, "lockout.unit": null, "lockout.from": null, "officer.who": null, "cure.value": "yes", "counsel.value": false, "counsel.basis": "list", "diversion.value": null, "diversion.basis": null, "unconfirmed": [ "filing_fee", "writ", "lockout", "officer", "diversion" ], "source_urls": [ "https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=535.040" ], "source_kinds": [ "official" ], "checked": "2026-11", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-timeline-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "MT", "jurisdiction": "Montana", "court.name": null, "court.text": null, "filing_fee.amount": null, "filing_fee.varies": null, "filing_fee.text": null, "hearing.min": null, "hearing.max": null, "hearing.unit": null, "hearing.from": null, "hearing.text": null, "answer.kind": "days", "answer.min": 5, "answer.max": null, "answer.unit": "court_days", "answer.text": "Five business days to file an Answer; the hearing must then be held within 10 business days of the Answer.", "writ.min": 0, "writ.max": null, "writ.unit": "days", "writ.text": "If possession is granted, the court issues the writ of possession and writ of assistance immediately.", "lockout.min": 0, "lockout.max": 5, "lockout.unit": "court_days", "lockout.from": "writ", "lockout.text": "The sheriff executes the writ of assistance within 5 business days of receiving it, unless the landlord and sheriff agree otherwise.", "officer.who": "Sheriff", "officer.text": "The sheriff executes the writ of assistance.", "cure.value": null, "cure.text": null, "counsel.value": false, "counsel.text": "No statewide right to counsel for tenants in eviction cases (as of November 2026, per the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel): its tracker of enacted laws lists no statewide law here. Local: Bozeman (2025) have their own right-to-counsel laws.", "counsel.basis": "list", "counsel.local": "Bozeman (2025)", "diversion.value": null, "diversion.text": null, "diversion.basis": null, "notes": null, "unconfirmed": [ "court", "filing_fee", "hearing", "cure", "diversion" ], "source_urls": [ "https://courts.mt.gov/external/library/forms/landlord/answering_action_possession.pdf", "https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0700/chapter_0240/part_0040/section_0270/0700-0240-0040-0270.html", "https://civilrighttocounsel.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/RTC_Enacted_Legislation_in_Eviction_Proceedings_FINAL.pdf" ], "source_kinds": [ "official", "official", "secondary" ], "checked": "2026-11", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-montana" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "NE", "jurisdiction": "Nebraska", "court.name": null, "filing_fee.amount": null, "filing_fee.varies": null, "hearing.min": 10, "hearing.max": 14, "hearing.unit": "days", "hearing.from": "filing", "answer.kind": null, "answer.min": null, "answer.max": null, "answer.unit": null, "writ.min": null, "writ.max": null, "writ.unit": null, "lockout.min": 0, "lockout.max": 10, "lockout.unit": "days", "lockout.from": "writ", "officer.who": "Constable or sheriff", "cure.value": null, "counsel.value": true, "counsel.basis": "list", "diversion.value": null, "diversion.basis": null, "unconfirmed": [ "court", "filing_fee", "answer", "writ", "cure", "diversion" ], "source_urls": [ "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=76-1446" ], "source_kinds": [ "official" ], "checked": "2026-11", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-timeline-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "NV", "jurisdiction": "Nevada", "court.name": "Justice Court", "filing_fee.amount": null, "filing_fee.varies": null, "hearing.min": null, "hearing.max": null, "hearing.unit": null, "hearing.from": null, "answer.kind": null, "answer.min": null, "answer.max": null, "answer.unit": null, "writ.min": null, "writ.max": null, "writ.unit": null, "lockout.min": 24, "lockout.max": 36, "lockout.unit": "hours", "lockout.from": "writ", "officer.who": "Sheriff or constable", "cure.value": null, "counsel.value": false, "counsel.basis": "list", "diversion.value": null, "diversion.basis": null, "unconfirmed": [ "filing_fee", "hearing", "answer", "writ", "cure", "diversion" ], "source_urls": [ "https://nvcourts.gov/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/22175/tenants_affidavit_declaration_forms_13-16.pdf" ], "source_kinds": [ "official" ], "checked": "2026-11", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-timeline-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "NH", "jurisdiction": "New Hampshire", "court.name": "Circuit Court, District Division", "court.text": "The Circuit Court District Division serving the town.", "filing_fee.amount": null, "filing_fee.varies": null, "filing_fee.text": null, "hearing.min": null, "hearing.max": null, "hearing.unit": null, "hearing.from": null, "hearing.text": null, "answer.kind": "days", "answer.min": 7, "answer.max": null, "answer.unit": "days", "answer.text": "The tenant files an appearance by the return day, 7 days after the sheriff serves the writ; from October 8, 2026 an answer is also due within 5 days after the return date.", "writ.min": null, "writ.max": null, "writ.unit": null, "writ.text": null, "lockout.min": null, "lockout.max": null, "lockout.unit": null, "lockout.from": null, "lockout.text": null, "officer.who": "Sheriff", "officer.text": "The writ of possession authorizes the sheriff to remove the tenant.", "cure.value": "yes", "cure.text": "In a nonpayment case the tenant can avoid eviction by paying all back rent plus $15 in damages before the deadline.", "counsel.value": false, "counsel.text": "No statewide right to counsel for tenants in eviction cases (as of November 2026, per the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel): its tracker of enacted laws lists no statewide law here.", "counsel.basis": "list", "counsel.local": null, "diversion.value": true, "diversion.text": "A free statewide mediation program run by the Office of Mediation and Arbitration and the Circuit Court, mainly before an eviction case is filed; after filing it is offered only at some Circuit Court locations, and asking for mediation doesn't pause the case (announced November 2021).", "diversion.basis": "official", "notes": "If the tenant files an appearance, RSA 540:13, V sets the hearing within 10 days after that filing (not counted from the landlord's filing, so no hearing range is used here). The court can stay the move-out up to 3 months if the tenant pays weekly rent in advance (RSA 540:13-c).", "unconfirmed": [ "filing_fee", "hearing", "writ", "lockout" ], "source_urls": [ "https://www.courts.nh.gov/sites/g/files/ehbemt471/files/documents/2021-04/llt-information-sheet.pdf", "https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/LV/540/540-13.htm", "https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/lv/540/540-mrg.htm", "https://civilrighttocounsel.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/RTC_Enacted_Legislation_in_Eviction_Proceedings_FINAL.pdf", "https://courts.nh.gov/news-and-media/judicial-branch-offers-free-eviction-mediation-programs-statewide" ], "source_kinds": [ "official", "official", "official", "secondary", "official" ], "checked": "2026-11", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-new-hampshire" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "NJ", "jurisdiction": "New Jersey", "court.name": "Landlord Tenant Section, Special Civil Part", "court.text": "The Landlord Tenant Section of the Superior Court's Special Civil Part, in the county where the rental is.", "filing_fee.amount": 50, "filing_fee.varies": false, "filing_fee.text": "$50 for one tenant, $5 for each additional defendant, plus mileage; a warrant of removal is $35 more.", "hearing.min": null, "hearing.max": null, "hearing.unit": null, "hearing.from": null, "hearing.text": null, "answer.kind": "at_hearing", "answer.min": null, "answer.max": null, "answer.unit": "days", "answer.text": "The tenant defends by coming to court on the trial date; a written statement can't be submitted instead.", "writ.min": 3, "writ.max": null, "writ.unit": "court_days", "writ.text": "Three business days after the judgment for possession, the landlord may ask the court for the warrant of removal.", "lockout.min": 3, "lockout.max": null, "lockout.unit": "court_days", "lockout.from": "writ", "lockout.text": "After a Special Civil Part Officer serves the warrant, the tenant has three business days (not counting weekends or legal holidays) to leave.", "officer.who": "Special Civil Part Officer", "officer.text": "Only a Special Civil Part Officer, not the landlord, serves and executes the warrant of removal.", "cure.value": "yes", "cure.text": "In a nonpayment case, paying everything owed by the close of business on the trial day stops the eviction; after a lockout, paying all rent due plus proper costs within three business days can restore the tenancy.", "counsel.value": false, "counsel.text": "No statewide right to counsel for tenants in eviction cases (as of November 2026, per the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel): its tracker of enacted laws lists no statewide law here. Local: Newark (2018) and Jersey City (2023) have their own right-to-counsel laws.", "counsel.basis": "list", "counsel.local": "Newark (2018) and Jersey City (2023)", "diversion.value": true, "diversion.text": "Statewide court settlement step: before trial, trained neutral court staff help both sides try to settle. Neither side has to settle and both keep the right to a trial before a judge (Directive #15-23, in effect since September 1, 2023, which ended the mandatory case management conferences).", "diversion.basis": null, "notes": "The trial is scheduled at least 14 days after a case management conference; the pages don't say how soon that conference follows filing, so no hearing range is used. A court-approved settlor can help both sides reach an agreement. Business days skip weekends and legal holidays; New Jersey's own holidays can add a day.", "unconfirmed": [ "hearing" ], "source_urls": [ "https://www.njcourts.gov/sites/default/files/forms/10288_info_tenants.pdf", "https://www.njcourts.gov/sites/default/files/forms/11483_landlord_tenant_faq.pdf", "https://www.njcourts.gov/sites/default/files/forms/12816_app11g1.pdf", "https://www.njcourts.gov/sites/default/files/forms/11112_courtfees.pdf", "https://www.njcourts.gov/sites/default/files/notices/2023/08/n230825a.pdf", "https://civilrighttocounsel.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/RTC_Enacted_Legislation_in_Eviction_Proceedings_FINAL.pdf" ], "source_kinds": [ "official", "official", "official", "official", "official", "secondary" ], "checked": "2026-11", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-new-jersey" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "NM", "jurisdiction": "New Mexico", "court.name": "Magistrate, Metropolitan or District Court", "court.text": "Magistrate, Metropolitan (Bernalillo County) and District Courts hear eviction cases.", "filing_fee.amount": null, "filing_fee.varies": true, "filing_fee.text": "Set by each court; the Metropolitan Court (Albuquerque) lists $77 to file a petition.", "hearing.min": null, "hearing.max": null, "hearing.unit": null, "hearing.from": null, "hearing.text": null, "answer.kind": "at_hearing", "answer.min": null, "answer.max": null, "answer.unit": "days", "answer.text": "The tenant may file an answer any time before the trial date and must appear at the trial.", "writ.min": 3, "writ.max": 7, "writ.unit": "days", "writ.text": "The statewide judgment form sets the writ of restitution to take effect 3 to 7 days after the judgment is filed.", "lockout.min": 3, "lockout.max": 7, "lockout.unit": "days", "lockout.from": "judgment", "lockout.text": "If the landlord wins, the judge sets an eviction date, usually 3 to 7 days after the trial (Metropolitan Court's description).", "officer.who": "Sheriff", "officer.text": "Only the sheriff's office may carry out the eviction.", "cure.value": null, "cure.text": null, "counsel.value": false, "counsel.text": "No statewide right to counsel for tenants in eviction cases (as of November 2026, per the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel): its tracker of enacted laws lists no statewide law here.", "counsel.basis": "list", "counsel.local": null, "diversion.value": true, "diversion.text": "The courts' Eviction Prevention and Diversion Program helps tenants apply for rental assistance and points to legal help; tenants must attend the hearing.", "diversion.basis": null, "notes": "These pamphlets are from Albuquerque's Metropolitan Court; magistrate courts elsewhere may differ. The Metropolitan Court sets trial 7 to 10 days after the planned service date.", "unconfirmed": [ "hearing", "cure" ], "source_urls": [ "https://metro.nmcourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/47/2024/10/SH-109-Landlords-Process-for-Evicting-a-Tenant_Website-FINAL-9-2024.pdf", "https://metro.nmcourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/47/2023/11/SH-110-Tenants-Relief-and-Response-to-Landlords-Eviction-Process-revised-7-19.pdf", "https://supremecourt.nmcourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/Form-4-905B-NMRA.pdf", "https://civilrighttocounsel.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/RTC_Enacted_Legislation_in_Eviction_Proceedings_FINAL.pdf", "https://supremecourt.nmcourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/10/Form-4-909-NMRA.pdf" ], "source_kinds": [ "official", "official", "official", "secondary", "official" ], "checked": "2026-11", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-new-mexico" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "NY", "jurisdiction": "New York", "court.name": "Local court where the property is (Housing Court in New York City)", "filing_fee.amount": 45, "filing_fee.varies": false, "hearing.min": 10, "hearing.max": 17, "hearing.unit": "days", "hearing.from": "filing", "answer.kind": "days", "answer.min": 10, "answer.max": null, "answer.unit": "days", "writ.min": 0, "writ.max": null, "writ.unit": "days", "lockout.min": 14, "lockout.max": null, "lockout.unit": "days", "lockout.from": "writ", "officer.who": "Marshal, sheriff or constable", "cure.value": "yes", "counsel.value": false, "counsel.basis": "list", "diversion.value": null, "diversion.basis": null, "unconfirmed": [ "diversion" ], "source_urls": [ "https://www.nycourts.gov/help/homes-evictions/evicting-tenant" ], "source_kinds": [ "official" ], "checked": "2026-11", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-timeline-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "NC", "jurisdiction": "North Carolina", "court.name": "Small claims court (magistrate)", "court.text": "Eviction (summary ejectment) cases are usually heard in small claims court by a magistrate.", "filing_fee.amount": 96, "filing_fee.varies": false, "filing_fee.text": "$96 to file a summary ejectment complaint, per the Durham County packet on the Judicial Branch site, plus a $30 sheriff's service fee for each defendant.", "hearing.min": 0, "hearing.max": 7, "hearing.unit": "court_days", "hearing.from": "filing", "hearing.text": "The tenant is summoned to appear no more than seven days (not counting weekends and legal holidays) after the summons issues.", "answer.kind": "at_hearing", "answer.min": null, "answer.max": null, "answer.unit": "days", "answer.text": "The tenant appears on the court date in the summons.", "writ.min": 10, "writ.max": null, "writ.unit": "days", "writ.text": "Either side has 10 days to appeal to District Court; after that the landlord can ask the clerk for the writ of possession.", "lockout.min": 0, "lockout.max": 5, "lockout.unit": "days", "lockout.from": "writ", "lockout.text": "The sheriff executes the writ within five days of receiving it and tells the tenant the approximate time.", "officer.who": "Sheriff", "officer.text": "The sheriff's office removes the tenant.", "cure.value": "yes", "cure.text": "In a nonpayment case, paying or offering the rent due and the court costs before judgment ends the case.", "counsel.value": false, "counsel.text": "No statewide right to counsel for tenants in eviction cases (as of November 2026, per the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel): its tracker of enacted laws lists no statewide law here.", "counsel.basis": "list", "counsel.local": null, "diversion.value": null, "diversion.text": null, "diversion.basis": null, "notes": "To stay during an appeal, the tenant pays the undisputed back rent found by the magistrate (unless indigent) and signs a bond to stay execution.", "unconfirmed": [ "diversion" ], "source_urls": [ "https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/PDF/ByArticle/Chapter_42/Article_3.pdf", "https://www.nccourts.gov/help-topics/housing/landlordtenant-issues", "https://www.nccourts.gov/assets/inline-files/Durham-Pro-Se-Summary-Ejectment-Eviction-Packet-Instructions.pdf", "https://civilrighttocounsel.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/RTC_Enacted_Legislation_in_Eviction_Proceedings_FINAL.pdf" ], "source_kinds": [ "official", "official", "official", "secondary" ], "checked": "2026-11", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-north-carolina" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "ND", "jurisdiction": "North Dakota", "court.name": "District Court", "filing_fee.amount": null, "filing_fee.varies": null, "hearing.min": 3, "hearing.max": 15, "hearing.unit": "days", "hearing.from": "filing", "answer.kind": "at_hearing", "answer.min": null, "answer.max": null, "answer.unit": "days", "writ.min": null, "writ.max": null, "writ.unit": null, "lockout.min": 0, "lockout.max": 5, "lockout.unit": "days", "lockout.from": "judgment", "officer.who": "Sheriff", "cure.value": null, "counsel.value": false, "counsel.basis": "list", "diversion.value": null, "diversion.basis": null, "unconfirmed": [ "filing_fee", "writ", "cure", "diversion" ], "source_urls": [ "https://www.ndcourts.gov/Media/Default/Legal%20Resources/Legal%20Self%20Help/Eviction/Eviction-for-Tenants-Informational-Guide.pdf" ], "source_kinds": [ "official" ], "checked": "2026-11", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-timeline-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "OH", "jurisdiction": "Ohio", "court.name": "Municipal or county court", "court.text": "A county or municipal court, or the court of common pleas, in its area.", "filing_fee.amount": null, "filing_fee.varies": true, "filing_fee.text": "No statewide amount: each municipal court sets its own schedule of fees and costs by local rule, so the filing fee depends on the court. Check the court's fee schedule.", "hearing.min": 7, "hearing.max": null, "hearing.unit": "days", "hearing.from": "filing", "hearing.text": "Trial can be no sooner than the seventh day after service is complete (the earliest date here assumes service on the filing day).", "answer.kind": "at_hearing", "answer.min": null, "answer.max": null, "answer.unit": "days", "answer.text": "For the possession claim, any defense can be raised at the trial; no written answer is required before it. Money claims filed with it have their own answer date.", "writ.min": 0, "writ.max": null, "writ.unit": "days", "writ.text": "After a judgment for possession, the court issues a writ of execution when the landlord asks; 1923.13 sets no waiting period (a local court rule or a stay on appeal can add time).", "lockout.min": 0, "lockout.max": 10, "lockout.unit": "days", "lockout.from": "writ", "lockout.text": "The officer executes the writ within ten days of receiving it; no minimum wait is stated.", "officer.who": "Sheriff, police officer, constable or bailiff", "officer.text": "The sheriff, a police officer, a constable or a bailiff executes the writ.", "cure.value": null, "cure.text": null, "counsel.value": false, "counsel.text": "No statewide right to counsel for tenants in eviction cases (as of November 2026, per the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel): its tracker of enacted laws lists no statewide law here. Local: Cleveland (2019), Toledo (2021) and Columbus (2024) have their own right-to-counsel laws, and Cincinnati (2023) has an eviction defense program.", "counsel.basis": "list", "counsel.local": "Cleveland (2019), Toledo (2021) and Columbus (2024)", "diversion.value": false, "diversion.text": "Diversion programs are run locally, each tailored to its court; the Supreme Court's guide describes no single statewide program.", "diversion.basis": "official", "notes": "Other claims filed with the possession claim have an answer day 28 days after service (1923.06(H)(2)).", "unconfirmed": [ "cure" ], "source_urls": [ "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/chapter-1923", "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-1923.06", "https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/JCS/courtSvcs/resources/evictionDiversionToolkit.pdf", "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-1901.26", "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-1923.13", "https://civilrighttocounsel.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/RTC_Enacted_Legislation_in_Eviction_Proceedings_FINAL.pdf" ], "source_kinds": [ "official", "official", "official", "official", "official", "secondary" ], "checked": "2026-11", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-ohio" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "OK", "jurisdiction": "Oklahoma", "court.name": "Court with jurisdiction, including small claims", "filing_fee.amount": null, "filing_fee.varies": null, "hearing.min": null, "hearing.max": null, "hearing.unit": null, "hearing.from": null, "answer.kind": null, "answer.min": null, "answer.max": null, "answer.unit": null, "writ.min": null, "writ.max": null, "writ.unit": null, "lockout.min": null, "lockout.max": null, "lockout.unit": null, "lockout.from": null, "officer.who": null, "cure.value": null, "counsel.value": false, "counsel.basis": "list", "diversion.value": null, "diversion.basis": null, "unconfirmed": [ "filing_fee", "hearing", "answer", "writ", "lockout", "officer", "cure", "diversion" ], "source_urls": [ "https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/orec/documents/contracts-and-forms-page/2026-contract-forms/Landlord%20and%20Tenant%20Act.pdf" ], "source_kinds": [ "official" ], "checked": "2026-11", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-timeline-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "OR", "jurisdiction": "Oregon", "court.name": "Circuit Court", "filing_fee.amount": null, "filing_fee.varies": null, "hearing.min": null, "hearing.max": null, "hearing.unit": null, "hearing.from": null, "answer.kind": "at_hearing", "answer.min": null, "answer.max": null, "answer.unit": "days", "writ.min": null, "writ.max": null, "writ.unit": null, "lockout.min": 4, "lockout.max": null, "lockout.unit": "days", "lockout.from": "writ", "officer.who": "Sheriff", "cure.value": "yes", "counsel.value": false, "counsel.basis": "official", "diversion.value": null, "diversion.basis": null, "unconfirmed": [ "filing_fee", "hearing", "writ", "diversion" ], "source_urls": [ "https://www.courts.oregon.gov/courts/coos/help/pages/residential-eviction.aspx" ], "source_kinds": [ "official" ], "checked": "2026-11", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-timeline-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "PA", "jurisdiction": "Pennsylvania", "court.name": "Magisterial District Court", "court.text": "A magisterial district judge (MDJ) hears the case and issues the order for possession; Philadelphia has its own court.", "filing_fee.amount": null, "filing_fee.varies": true, "filing_fee.text": "The court's filing cost is scaled to the amount claimed, and service and mileage costs are added. Adams County's 2026 cost list shows $102.50 to file for $2,000 or less ($125.50 over $2,000 to $4,000; $171 over $4,000 to $12,000), $189.75 in all at the lowest tier with service. The statewide magisterial district judge cost table on pacourts.us effective January 1, 2024 listed $97 for the lowest tier.", "hearing.min": 7, "hearing.max": 15, "hearing.unit": "days", "hearing.from": "filing", "hearing.text": "The hearing is set 7 to 15 days after the complaint is filed.", "answer.kind": "at_hearing", "answer.min": null, "answer.max": null, "answer.unit": "days", "answer.text": "The tenant answers by appearing at the hearing; a cross-complaint can be filed before it.", "writ.min": 10, "writ.max": 120, "writ.unit": "days", "writ.text": "The landlord can request the order for possession after the 10th day (and within 120 days) after judgment.", "lockout.min": 11, "lockout.max": null, "lockout.unit": "days", "lockout.from": "writ", "lockout.text": "The officer can remove the tenant on or after the 11th day after serving the order for possession.", "officer.who": "Sheriff or certified constable", "officer.text": "The order for possession goes to the sheriff or a certified constable for service and execution.", "cure.value": "yes", "cure.text": "The tenant can satisfy the order for possession by paying the officer the rent actually in arrears plus costs before the landlord gets possession.", "counsel.value": false, "counsel.text": "No statewide right to counsel for tenants in eviction cases (as of November 2026, per the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel): its tracker of enacted laws lists no statewide law here. Local: Philadelphia (2019) have their own right-to-counsel laws.", "counsel.basis": "list", "counsel.local": "Philadelphia (2019)", "diversion.value": null, "diversion.text": null, "diversion.basis": null, "notes": "Source is the state's constable training guide quoting the Rules of Civil Procedure for Magisterial District Judges; a pending rule change would extend the 120-day request window to 180 days.", "unconfirmed": [ "diversion" ], "source_urls": [ "https://www.pa.gov/content/dam/copapwp-pagov/en/pccd/documents/training/constable-education-and-training/civil%20law%20guide.pdf", "https://adamscountypa.gov/test-area/feeschedule", "https://www.pacourts.us/Storage/media/pdfs/20231027/144408-2024costtable.pdf", "https://civilrighttocounsel.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/RTC_Enacted_Legislation_in_Eviction_Proceedings_FINAL.pdf" ], "source_kinds": [ "official", "official", "official", "secondary" ], "checked": "2026-11", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-pennsylvania" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "RI", "jurisdiction": "Rhode Island", "court.name": "District Court", "court.text": "Evictions are heard in the District Court.", "filing_fee.amount": null, "filing_fee.varies": null, "filing_fee.text": null, "hearing.min": 14, "hearing.max": 21, "hearing.unit": "days", "hearing.from": "filing", "hearing.text": "In a nonpayment case the hearing is 14 to 21 days after filing.", "answer.kind": "at_hearing", "answer.min": null, "answer.max": null, "answer.unit": "days", "answer.text": "In a nonpayment case the tenant may file an answer at the hearing itself; missing the call of the case can lose it.", "writ.min": 6, "writ.max": null, "writ.unit": "days", "writ.text": "If no appeal is taken, the landlord may seek the writ of execution on the 6th day.", "lockout.min": null, "lockout.max": null, "lockout.unit": null, "lockout.from": null, "lockout.text": null, "officer.who": "Sheriff or constable", "officer.text": "The writ lets a sheriff or constable regain possession.", "cure.value": "limited", "cure.text": "The first time a tenant falls behind, paying all rent owed plus court costs at the hearing avoids eviction; after a 5-day demand letter in the prior 6 months the landlord may refuse.", "counsel.value": false, "counsel.text": "No statewide right to counsel for tenants in eviction cases (as of November 2026, per the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel): its tracker of enacted laws lists no statewide law here.", "counsel.basis": "list", "counsel.local": null, "diversion.value": null, "diversion.text": null, "diversion.basis": null, "notes": null, "unconfirmed": [ "filing_fee", "lockout", "diversion" ], "source_urls": [ "https://www.courts.ri.gov/Courts/districtcourt/Pages/LandlordTenant-FAQ.aspx", "https://www.rilegislature.gov/commissions/lateco/commdocs/2024-11-01%20--%20FINAL.2024.Updated.Landlord%20Tenant%20Handbook.pdf", "https://civilrighttocounsel.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/RTC_Enacted_Legislation_in_Eviction_Proceedings_FINAL.pdf" ], "source_kinds": [ "official", "official", "secondary" ], "checked": "2026-11", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-rhode-island" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "SC", "jurisdiction": "South Carolina", "court.name": null, "court.text": null, "filing_fee.amount": null, "filing_fee.varies": null, "filing_fee.text": null, "hearing.min": null, "hearing.max": null, "hearing.unit": null, "hearing.from": null, "hearing.text": null, "answer.kind": "days", "answer.min": 10, "answer.max": null, "answer.unit": "days", "answer.text": "After the magistrate's rule to vacate is served, the tenant has ten days to show cause why not to be ejected.", "writ.min": 0, "writ.max": 5, "writ.unit": "days", "writ.text": "After a verdict for the landlord, the magistrate issues the writ of ejectment within five days.", "lockout.min": 24, "lockout.max": null, "lockout.unit": "hours", "lockout.from": "writ", "lockout.text": "The officer gives the occupants twenty-four hours to leave voluntarily.", "officer.who": "Constable or sheriff", "officer.text": "The magistrate's constable or the county sheriff carries out the ejectment.", "cure.value": null, "cure.text": null, "counsel.value": false, "counsel.text": "No statewide right to counsel for tenants in eviction cases (as of November 2026, per the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel): its tracker of enacted laws lists no statewide law here.", "counsel.basis": "list", "counsel.local": null, "diversion.value": null, "diversion.text": null, "diversion.basis": null, "notes": "The rule to vacate is issued by a magistrate. Rent keeps accruing while the tenant stays, and accepting rent doesn't waive the landlord's right to ejectment (27-37-150).", "unconfirmed": [ "court", "filing_fee", "hearing", "cure", "diversion" ], "source_urls": [ "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t27c037.php", "https://civilrighttocounsel.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/RTC_Enacted_Legislation_in_Eviction_Proceedings_FINAL.pdf" ], "source_kinds": [ "official", "secondary" ], "checked": "2026-11", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-south-carolina" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "SD", "jurisdiction": "South Dakota", "court.name": "Circuit Court", "filing_fee.amount": 72, "filing_fee.varies": false, "hearing.min": null, "hearing.max": null, "hearing.unit": null, "hearing.from": null, "answer.kind": "days", "answer.min": 5, "answer.max": null, "answer.unit": "court_days", "writ.min": null, "writ.max": null, "writ.unit": null, "lockout.min": null, "lockout.max": null, "lockout.unit": null, "lockout.from": null, "officer.who": "Sheriff", "cure.value": null, "counsel.value": false, "counsel.basis": "list", "diversion.value": null, "diversion.basis": null, "unconfirmed": [ "hearing", "writ", "lockout", "cure", "diversion" ], "source_urls": [ "https://ujs.sd.gov/media/fgxn44w1/tenant_eviction_print-all-packet.pdf" ], "source_kinds": [ "official" ], "checked": "2026-11", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-timeline-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "TN", "jurisdiction": "Tennessee", "court.name": null, "filing_fee.amount": null, "filing_fee.varies": null, "hearing.min": 6, "hearing.max": null, "hearing.unit": "days", "hearing.from": "filing", "answer.kind": null, "answer.min": null, "answer.max": null, "answer.unit": null, "writ.min": null, "writ.max": null, "writ.unit": null, "lockout.min": 10, "lockout.max": null, "lockout.unit": "days", "lockout.from": "judgment", "officer.who": "Sheriff", "cure.value": null, "counsel.value": false, "counsel.basis": "list", "diversion.value": null, "diversion.basis": null, "unconfirmed": [ "court", "filing_fee", "answer", "writ", "cure", "diversion" ], "source_urls": [ "https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/health/documents/healthy-places/healthy-homes/HHW_LAS_TN_Rural_Renters_Rights.pdf" ], "source_kinds": [ "official" ], "checked": "2026-11", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-timeline-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "TX", "jurisdiction": "Texas", "court.name": "Justice Court", "court.text": "The justice court for the precinct where the rental is.", "filing_fee.amount": 54, "filing_fee.varies": false, "filing_fee.text": "$54 justice court filing fee in both county fee lists read (Gillespie and Taylor), plus a constable service fee for each defendant that varies by county ($80 in Taylor County, $85 in Gillespie County).", "hearing.min": 10, "hearing.max": 21, "hearing.unit": "days", "hearing.from": "filing", "hearing.text": "Trial is set 10 to 21 days after the petition is filed (cases filed on or after January 1, 2026).", "answer.kind": "at_hearing", "answer.min": null, "answer.max": null, "answer.unit": "days", "answer.text": "A written answer isn't required; the tenant may file one on or before the trial day.", "writ.min": 6, "writ.max": 60, "writ.unit": "days", "writ.text": "No writ of possession may issue before the 6th day after judgment, or more than 60 days after it.", "lockout.min": 24, "lockout.max": null, "lockout.unit": "hours", "lockout.from": "writ", "lockout.text": "The constable posts a 24-hour notice before carrying out the writ of possession.", "officer.who": "Sheriff or constable", "officer.text": "A sheriff or constable executes the writ; if not served within five business days, another officer may.", "cure.value": null, "cure.text": null, "counsel.value": false, "counsel.text": "No statewide right to counsel for tenants in eviction cases (as of November 2026, per the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel): its tracker of enacted laws lists no statewide law here.", "counsel.basis": "list", "counsel.local": null, "diversion.value": null, "diversion.text": null, "diversion.basis": null, "notes": "To stay in possession during an appeal of a nonpayment judgment, the tenant pays the amount in the notice into the justice court registry and keeps paying rent as it comes due. The rules bar ordering mediation if it would delay trial.", "unconfirmed": [ "cure", "diversion" ], "source_urls": [ "https://txcourts.gov/media/1461640/259096.pdf", "https://civilrighttocounsel.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/RTC_Enacted_Legislation_in_Eviction_Proceedings_FINAL.pdf", "https://gillespiecounty.gov/1382/Eviction-Information", "https://www.taylorcounty.texas.gov/DocumentCenter/View/80" ], "source_kinds": [ "official", "secondary", "official", "official" ], "checked": "2026-11", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-texas" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "UT", "jurisdiction": "Utah", "court.name": "District Court", "court.text": "The court's eviction forms are for the district court of the county.", "filing_fee.amount": null, "filing_fee.varies": null, "filing_fee.text": null, "hearing.min": null, "hearing.max": null, "hearing.unit": null, "hearing.from": null, "hearing.text": null, "answer.kind": "days", "answer.min": 3, "answer.max": null, "answer.unit": "court_days", "answer.text": "Three business days to respond after receiving the court papers.", "writ.min": null, "writ.max": null, "writ.unit": null, "writ.text": null, "lockout.min": 3, "lockout.max": null, "lockout.unit": "days", "lockout.from": "writ", "lockout.text": "After the Order of Restitution is served, the tenant usually has 3 days to move.", "officer.who": "Sheriff or constable", "officer.text": "The Order of Restitution tells a sheriff or constable to remove the tenant.", "cure.value": "limited", "cure.text": "In a case based only on unpaid rent, the complaint is dismissed if the tenant pays what is owed within three calendar days of being served notice of the landlord's possession bond.", "counsel.value": false, "counsel.text": "No statewide right to counsel for tenants in eviction cases (as of November 2026, per the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel): its tracker of enacted laws lists no statewide law here.", "counsel.basis": "list", "counsel.local": null, "diversion.value": null, "diversion.text": null, "diversion.basis": null, "notes": "An occupancy hearing is held within 10 days after someone requests it.", "unconfirmed": [ "filing_fee", "hearing", "writ", "diversion" ], "source_urls": [ "https://www.utcourts.gov/en/self-help/case-categories/housing/landlord/eviction-tenant.html", "https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title78B/Chapter6/C78B-6-P8_1800010118000101.pdf", "https://legacy.utcourts.gov/howto/landlord/docs/1200EV_Order_of_Restitution.pdf", "https://civilrighttocounsel.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/RTC_Enacted_Legislation_in_Eviction_Proceedings_FINAL.pdf" ], "source_kinds": [ "official", "official", "official", "secondary" ], "checked": "2026-11", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-utah" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "VT", "jurisdiction": "Vermont", "court.name": "Superior Court", "filing_fee.amount": null, "filing_fee.varies": null, "hearing.min": null, "hearing.max": null, "hearing.unit": null, "hearing.from": null, "answer.kind": "days", "answer.min": 21, "answer.max": null, "answer.unit": "days", "writ.min": 0, "writ.max": null, "writ.unit": "days", "lockout.min": 14, "lockout.max": null, "lockout.unit": "days", "lockout.from": "writ", "officer.who": "Sheriff", "cure.value": "yes", "counsel.value": false, "counsel.basis": "list", "diversion.value": null, "diversion.basis": null, "unconfirmed": [ "filing_fee", "hearing", "diversion" ], "source_urls": [ "https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/fullchapter/12/169" ], "source_kinds": [ "official" ], "checked": "2026-11", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-timeline-by-state" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "VA", "jurisdiction": "Virginia", "court.name": "General District Court", "court.text": "The general district court; the summons is issued by a magistrate, clerk or judge of that court.", "filing_fee.amount": null, "filing_fee.varies": true, "filing_fee.text": "The state court fee for an unlawful detainer is $36 (Va. Code § 16.1-69.48:2); local charges and the sheriff's service fee are added, so the total differs by locality. Prince William County's General District Court lists $50 to file plus $12 per defendant for sheriff service.", "hearing.min": 10, "hearing.max": 21, "hearing.unit": "days", "hearing.from": "filing", "hearing.text": "The summons is served at least 10 days before the return day, and the first hearing is no more than 21 days after filing.", "answer.kind": "at_hearing", "answer.min": null, "answer.max": null, "answer.unit": "days", "answer.text": "No written answer is required in general; a tenant who disagrees comes to court on the return date on the summons, where the case is tried or a trial date is set. A tenant who doesn't come can have judgment entered against them.", "writ.min": 0, "writ.max": null, "writ.unit": "days", "writ.text": "On the landlord's request the judge orders the writ of eviction to issue as soon as judgment is entered.", "lockout.min": 10, "lockout.max": null, "lockout.unit": "days", "lockout.from": "judgment", "lockout.text": "The sheriff can't evict before the 10-day appeal period ends, and serves notice at least 72 hours before executing the writ.", "officer.who": "Sheriff", "officer.text": "The sheriff serves notice and executes the writ of eviction.", "cure.value": "yes", "cure.text": "In a case based only on unpaid rent, the tenant (or someone for the tenant) can pay all amounts on the summons, including the sheriff's fees, to the landlord, the landlord's attorney or the court at least 48 hours before the scheduled eviction.", "counsel.value": false, "counsel.text": "No statewide right to counsel for tenants in eviction cases (as of November 2026, per the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel): its tracker of enacted laws lists no statewide law here.", "counsel.basis": "list", "counsel.local": null, "diversion.value": true, "diversion.text": "The Eviction Diversion Program (Code § 55.1-1262): in a general district court that runs it, an eligible tenant in a nonpayment case who pays at least 10 percent of the amount due at the first docket call can enter a court-ordered payment plan. The section states no end date.", "diversion.basis": "official", "notes": "The writ must be requested within 180 days of judgment and is vacated if not executed within 30 days of issuance. The summons (DC-421) says a nonpayment case is dismissed if the tenant pays everything owed (rent, fees, attorney fees and costs).", "unconfirmed": [], "source_urls": [ "https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacodefull/title8.01/chapter3/article13/", "https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title8.01/chapter18/section8.01-471/", "https://www.vacourts.gov/static/forms/district/dc469.pdf", "https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/16.1-69.48:2", "https://www.pwcva.gov/department/general-district-court/filing-civil-suits", "https://civilrighttocounsel.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/RTC_Enacted_Legislation_in_Eviction_Proceedings_FINAL.pdf", "https://www.vacourts.gov/forms/district/dc421.pdf", "https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title55.1/chapter12/section55.1-1262/" ], "source_kinds": [ "official", "official", "official", "official", "official", "secondary", "official", "official" ], "checked": "2026-11", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-virginia" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "WA", "jurisdiction": "Washington", "court.name": "Superior Court", "court.text": "Residential unlawful detainer cases are filed with the superior court clerk in the county; the clerk's fee statute sets a reduced filing fee for them.", "filing_fee.amount": 45, "filing_fee.varies": false, "filing_fee.text": "$45 to start a residential unlawful detainer case in superior court, per the 2023 archive of RCW 36.18.020(2)(a); it doesn't cover a show-cause order or other orders except a default. Check the current RCW for later changes.", "hearing.min": 7, "hearing.max": 30, "hearing.unit": "days", "hearing.from": "filing", "hearing.text": "The court orders the tenant to appear at a show cause hearing set 7 to 30 days from the day the order is served (counted here from filing, the earliest it could be).", "answer.kind": "at_hearing", "answer.min": null, "answer.max": null, "answer.unit": "days", "answer.text": "At the hearing on the writ, the tenant may answer orally or in writing and raise any defense arising from the tenancy.", "writ.min": 5, "writ.max": null, "writ.unit": "court_days", "writ.text": "In a nonpayment judgment, execution waits five court days so the tenant can reinstate by paying.", "lockout.min": 3, "lockout.max": null, "lockout.unit": "days", "lockout.from": "writ", "lockout.text": "The sheriff serves the writ and can't execute it for three days after.", "officer.who": "Sheriff", "officer.text": "The sheriff serves and executes the writ of restitution.", "cure.value": "yes", "cure.text": "In a nonpayment case the tenant can reinstate the tenancy by paying the rent due plus costs and fees in the judgment within five court days.", "counsel.value": true, "counsel.text": "Subject to state funding, the court must appoint a lawyer for an indigent tenant in an unlawful detainer case under the Residential Landlord-Tenant Act.", "counsel.basis": null, "counsel.local": "Seattle (2021)", "diversion.value": false, "diversion.text": "No statewide program in current law: the Eviction Resolution Pilot Program (RCW 59.18.660), the pre-filing resolution step for unpaid rent, expired July 1, 2023, per the Legislature's disposition table. Some counties' dispute resolution centers still offer mediation.", "diversion.basis": "official", "notes": "Court and filing fee are from RCW 36.18.020 as published in the Legislature's 2023 archive, and counsel from RCW 59.18.640; the hearing period is from RCW 59.18.370.", "unconfirmed": [], "source_urls": [ "https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=59.18.390", "https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=59.18.410", "https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=59.18.380", "https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Law/RCW/RCW%20%2059%20%20TITLE/RCW%20%2059%20.%2018%20%20CHAPTER/RCW%20%2059%20.%2018%20.640.htm", "https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/law/RCWArchive/2023/htm/RCW%20%2036%20%20TITLE/RCW%20%2036%20.%2018%20%20CHAPTER/RCW%20%2036%20.%2018%20.020.htm", "https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Law/RCW/RCW%20%2059%20%20TITLE/RCW%20%2059%20.%2018%20%20CHAPTER/RCW%20%2059%20.%2018%20.370.htm", "https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/dispo.aspx?Cite=59.18" ], "source_kinds": [ "official", "official", "official", "official", "official", "official", "official" ], "checked": "2026-11", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-washington" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "WV", "jurisdiction": "West Virginia", "court.name": "Magistrate Court (or Circuit Court)", "court.text": "The magistrate court or the circuit court of the county where the property is.", "filing_fee.amount": null, "filing_fee.varies": null, "filing_fee.text": null, "hearing.min": 5, "hearing.max": 10, "hearing.unit": "court_days", "hearing.from": "filing", "hearing.text": "The hearing is 5 to 10 judicial days after the petition is filed.", "answer.kind": "days", "answer.min": 5, "answer.max": null, "answer.unit": "days", "answer.text": "A written defense is due within five days of receiving the notice.", "writ.min": null, "writ.max": null, "writ.unit": null, "writ.text": null, "lockout.min": null, "lockout.max": null, "lockout.unit": null, "lockout.from": null, "lockout.text": null, "officer.who": "Sheriff", "officer.text": "The sheriff removes a tenant who stays past the time in the court's order.", "cure.value": null, "cure.text": null, "counsel.value": false, "counsel.text": "No statewide right to counsel for tenants in eviction cases (as of November 2026, per the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel): its tracker of enacted laws lists no statewide law here.", "counsel.basis": "list", "counsel.local": null, "diversion.value": null, "diversion.text": null, "diversion.basis": null, "notes": "The court order sets the move-out time, weighing things like whether the place is furnished and the harm to each side.", "unconfirmed": [ "filing_fee", "writ", "lockout", "cure", "diversion" ], "source_urls": [ "https://code.wvlegislature.gov/email/55-3A/", "https://civilrighttocounsel.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/RTC_Enacted_Legislation_in_Eviction_Proceedings_FINAL.pdf" ], "source_kinds": [ "official", "secondary" ], "checked": "2026-11", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-west-virginia" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "WI", "jurisdiction": "Wisconsin", "court.name": "Small claims court", "court.text": "All eviction actions are heard in small claims court, in the county where the rental is.", "filing_fee.amount": 94.5, "filing_fee.varies": false, "filing_fee.text": "$94.50 to file a small claims eviction in both county clerk pages read (Clark and Jefferson); personal service is required and its cost is extra.", "hearing.min": 5, "hearing.max": 25, "hearing.unit": "days", "hearing.from": "filing", "hearing.text": "In an eviction the summons sets the return date (the first court date) 5 to 25 days after the summons is issued, and it must be served at least 5 days before that date (the dates here count from filing).", "answer.kind": "at_hearing", "answer.min": null, "answer.max": null, "answer.unit": "days", "answer.text": "All parties must attend the first court date (the return date).", "writ.min": 0, "writ.max": 30, "writ.unit": "days", "writ.text": "The court orders the writ at judgment; in hardship cases it can stay issuance up to 30 days, on condition the tenant pays the rent due.", "lockout.min": 0, "lockout.max": 10, "lockout.unit": "days", "lockout.from": "writ", "lockout.text": "The landlord delivers the writ to the sheriff within 30 days of issuance; the sheriff executes it within 10 days of receiving it.", "officer.who": "Sheriff", "officer.text": "Only the sheriff can execute the writ of restitution.", "cure.value": "limited", "cure.text": "The tenant may have the option to pay the outstanding rent to stop the eviction process.", "counsel.value": false, "counsel.text": "No statewide right to counsel for tenants in eviction cases (as of November 2026, per the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel): its tracker of enacted laws lists no statewide law here.", "counsel.basis": "list", "counsel.local": null, "diversion.value": null, "diversion.text": null, "diversion.basis": null, "notes": null, "unconfirmed": [ "diversion" ], "source_urls": [ "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/misc/lc/information_memos/2024/im_2024_12", "https://www.wicourts.gov/formdisplay/SC-6010V_instructions.pdf?formNumber=SC-6010V&formType=Instructions&formatId=2&language=en", "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/799/45", "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/799/05/6", "https://civilrighttocounsel.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/RTC_Enacted_Legislation_in_Eviction_Proceedings_FINAL.pdf", "https://www.clarkcountywi.gov/small-claims", "https://jeffersoncountywi.gov/departments/clerk_of_courts/small_claims.php" ], "source_kinds": [ "official", "official", "official", "official", "secondary", "official", "official" ], "checked": "2026-11", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-wisconsin" }, { "jurisdiction_code": "WY", "jurisdiction": "Wyoming", "court.name": "Circuit Court", "court.text": "Eviction actions are held in circuit court.", "filing_fee.amount": null, "filing_fee.varies": null, "filing_fee.text": null, "hearing.min": 3, "hearing.max": 12, "hearing.unit": "days", "hearing.from": "filing", "hearing.text": "The tenant has 3 to 12 days before the trial date the court sets (the earliest date here assumes service on the filing day).", "answer.kind": "at_hearing", "answer.min": null, "answer.max": null, "answer.unit": "days", "answer.text": "A written answer is optional; the tenant should still come to the court date.", "writ.min": null, "writ.max": null, "writ.unit": null, "writ.text": null, "lockout.min": 0, "lockout.max": 30, "lockout.unit": "days", "lockout.from": "writ", "lockout.text": "The writ sets the move-out time, anywhere from zero to 30 days.", "officer.who": "Sheriff", "officer.text": "Only the sheriff can physically remove a tenant.", "cure.value": null, "cure.text": null, "counsel.value": false, "counsel.text": "No statewide right to counsel for tenants in eviction cases (as of November 2026, per the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel): its tracker of enacted laws lists no statewide law here.", "counsel.basis": "list", "counsel.local": null, "diversion.value": null, "diversion.text": null, "diversion.basis": null, "notes": null, "unconfirmed": [ "filing_fee", "writ", "cure", "diversion" ], "source_urls": [ "https://www.wyocourts.gov/legal-help-by-topic/evictions/", "https://civilrighttocounsel.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/RTC_Enacted_Legislation_in_Eviction_Proceedings_FINAL.pdf" ], "source_kinds": [ "official", "secondary" ], "checked": "2026-11", "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-wyoming" } ] }