LogFAQs > #912230323

I worked in unlawful detainers for years actually.

You can speed everything up if you just do a bit of research online.

It varies from state to state, but in general.

You need to give notice initially, the amount of time varies (30 days in Cali, 20 in Washington). In Wa it needs to be 20 days before the 10th of the month for instance.

In the notice you declare the reason etc, but if it's an at will (month to month) lease, you can basically just say you want em out. If it's a lease, you have to specify why.

At the end of the month you gave notice, you can then start the eviction process. Here is an important part...do not take ANY money from them at that point. As long as they have not paid any money for rent after you have given a 20-30 days notice, you can usually get a 3 day notice pretty quickly. They do have the ability to contest it, and it may take a while to get a court date.

This can make things drag on, and it does cost the home owner some money as well, which is annoying. It also puts an eviction on the tenants record though, most would like to avoid this and if you can show them that they will be out quickly anyway (again use the internet), they will probably leave without contesting it.

If you do a background check before renting to anyone, you can avoid people who already have evictions, and that makes it much more likely they will want to avoid them in the future as well.
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