Every Washington eviction starts with a written notice, and the required period depends on the reason: 14 days for unpaid rent, 10 days for a lease violation, 3 days for nuisance, and 60 to 90 days for no-fault grounds under RCW chapters 59.12 and 59.18.
Washington evictions follow a four-stage court process: a written notice, an unlawful detainer lawsuit, a show-cause hearing, and a sheriff-served writ of restitution. Here are the notice periods and the timeline.
How Massachusetts notices to quit work: the 14-day nonpayment notice, the 30-day (rental-period) no-fault notice, tenant cure rights, and the accompanying form landlords must attach for nonpayment.
A stage-by-stage timeline of the Arizona eviction (special detainer) process, from the termination notice through the court hearing to the writ of restitution and constable lockout.
A step-by-step timeline of the Michigan eviction process, from the written notice a landlord serves first through the district court hearing, judgment for possession, and the writ of restitution that authorizes a lockout.
A plain-language guide to Virginia’s eviction notices: the 14-day pay-or-quit notice for unpaid rent, the 30-day notice with a 21-day cure period for lease violations, and the 30-day notice used to end a month-to-month tenancy.
New Jersey’s notice to cease warns a tenant to stop, while the notice to quit ends the tenancy. Which one a landlord serves, and for how long, depends on the eviction ground under the Anti-Eviction Act.
The written notice Michigan requires before an eviction depends on the reason: a 7-day demand for possession for unpaid rent, a notice to quit to end a tenancy, and shorter notices for damage or illegal activity, each with its own SCAO form.
A step-by-step look at how eviction works in New Jersey, from the first notice through the Special Civil Part hearing to the court-officer lockout, and how long each stage takes.
A step-by-step timeline of the Virginia eviction process, from the first termination notice through the unlawful detainer hearing, judgment, appeal period, and the sheriff-executed writ of eviction.
Georgia’s eviction process, a dispossessory proceeding, runs on short statutory deadlines. Here is each stage from the demand for possession to the writ of possession, with the timing set by O.C.G.A. Title 44, Chapter 7.
North Carolina’s eviction process, called summary ejectment, laid out in order: the notice and demand, the small-claims filing and hearing, the magistrate’s judgment, the 10-day appeal window, and the sheriff’s writ of possession.