What to do when you receive a 30-day notice to vacate: Notice and a Hearing

Dependent upon the state that you reside, if your landlord attempts to evict you consider the following:

Notice

• If you have a written lease (and sometimes even when you do not have a written lease) your landlord must give you written notice or he/she cannot ask you to move out
• There are numerous ways that a landlord can deliver the notice.  
• He/she may:
• Give you the notice in person
• Give the notice to any adult who lives in your home, or
• Leave the notice on your door

Hearing

• If you wish to stay and you believe that your landlord had no legal reason to give you the notice then you should exercise your right to trial
• Your landlord will have to pay the filing fee and wait for a hearing 
• At the hearing, your landlord will have to prove that you violated the lease and that you were served with the proper notices

Do Not Leave

• Notice and a hearing is where it starts
• There are numerous additional tenant rights that you may be able to evoke when a landlord attempts to evict
• A large amount of tenants believe that landlords are able to evict as soon as the notice expires
• This is false!
• The landlord can only file for an eviction hearing in court where you will have the opportunity to fight the eviction and/or settle with the landlord