The notice expired and the tenant is still there. Here’s the court process.
An eviction notice only starts the clock. Removing a tenant takes a court case: the right court, the right forms, proper service, a hearing, and an order an officer carries out. The Eviction Filing Kit lays that out for your state, step by step — and includes a state-specific eviction notice if you still need one.
One-time payment. No account needed — the kit opens on this page right after checkout, and your eviction notice is included.
What’s in the kit
Which court hears evictions in your state, and what the case is called there.
Your state’s official forms — a link to the court system’s own forms page where it publishes one statewide, or exactly whom to ask where it does not. We link the official forms; we never reproduce them, because courts revise them.
Your notice rule, quoted with its statute citation, so you can check the notice you served before you file.
Filing and service, step by step — the complaint, attachments, the fee, serving the tenant, the answer period, the federal military-status affidavit.
A hearing preparation script — what to bring, what to say in order, and what not to say.
A dated timeline from the day you served the notice.
Your eviction notice, included — generate a state-specific notice with the same purchase (normally $29).
Why cases get thrown out
Most landlord losses in eviction court are procedural, not factual. The notice gave the wrong number of days or was served the wrong way; the case was filed a day early; rent was accepted after the notice; the tenant was never properly served; or the landlord changed the locks. Each of those is avoidable, and the kit is built around avoiding them.
Still need to serve the notice first?
The court process only starts once a valid notice has expired. If you have not served one, start there.
LeaseHelper is a document automation service, not a law firm, and this is not legal advice. Eviction procedure is set by state statute, court rules and local ordinances, varies by county and court, and changes. The kit points you to the official forms and rules so you can read them yourself; confirm each step with the court clerk, and consider a local landlord-tenant attorney if the tenant contests the case, the property is subsidized, or a local just-cause or rent-control ordinance applies. We do not file, serve or appear for you.