• Rent Grace-Period: None.
• Non-Payment of Rent: 3 days.^[1]
• Non-Compliance: 3 days.^[2]
• Substantial Damage to Property: 3 days.^[2][3]
• Termination (Month-to-Month Lease): 30 Days.^[4]
• Filing an Eviction: Evictions.^[5]

Utility Shutoff – A landlord is legally prohibited from kicking out a tenant by shutting off their utility services.^[6][7]

Changing the Locks – A landlord is liable for up to three times the sum of compensation in damages if they forcibly eject or exclude a tenant from their unit.^[8]

All Eviction Forms and Instructions – This document contains all of the necessary forms and instructions that a landlord will need to begin an eviction action against a tenant.

Complaint for Eviction – States the reason for the eviction and is filed by the landlord with the local court to begin an eviction case.

Summons – This document must be filed in court and served on the tenant, along with the Complaint. It relays the date of trial and offers the tenant the opportunity to offer their side of the story.

Findings of Fact – Before the trial takes place, the landlord must have this form filed with the court. The court will fill out the form once a judgment has been reached.

Judgment – States the judgment of the court in regard to the eviction case. Must also be filed with the court to be completed following the hearing.

Writ of Eviction – If the tenant refuses to move out after being ordered to do so, this document is needed to have them removed by the sheriff.

Before going to court to start an eviction process, the landlord must serve an eviction notice on the tenant. The eviction notice must allow three days to rectify the situation. If a landlord seeks to end a month-to-month tenancy, he or she must use a month-to-month form. In both cases, the tenant must be served personally (not by the landlord), by mail, or by the sheriff.

The landlord should retain proof of service because it will be needed in court during the eviction process. The notice forms are as follows:

• 3-Day Notice to Quit (Evict)
• 30-Day Notice to Quit

If the tenant fails to comply with the notice, the landlord may proceed to the local district court (where the property is located) to file a Summons and Complaint (see All Eviction Forms and Instructions). These will have to be served on the tenant also. Again, there will have to be proper service as set forth in Step 1.

Once the tenant has been served, the landlord must gather a copy of the eviction notice, the summons and complaint, and proof of service for both. In addition, the landlord will have to prepare Findings of Fact and Judgment. These must be filed with the court along with the requisite fee of $80.^[9]

The court will set a hearing date. If the tenant fails to attend and/or judgment is found in favor of the landlord, the court will issue a judgment, which will require the tenant to move out.

If the tenant continues to remain on the premises, then the landlord will have to seek a Writ of Eviction in order to authorize the removal of the tenant by a sheriff.