{
 "dataset": "eviction",
 "title": "Eviction court process by state",
 "description": "The eviction court, filing fee, hearing timing, answer deadline, writ and move-out periods in each state and DC, as a free CSV and JSON file built from court self-help pages.",
 "url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/data/eviction",
 "publisher": "MCC Solutions",
 "license": {
  "name": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)",
  "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "attribution": "Credit \"MCC Solutions\" and link to https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/data/eviction"
 },
 "checked": "2026-11",
 "row_count": 51,
 "accuracy": "Facts come from official government pages as they read on the checked date. Anything not confirmed there is null and named in the row's unconfirmed list. General information, not legal or tax advice; MCC Solutions is not a law firm and we are not lawyers.",
 "fields": [
  {
   "name": "jurisdiction_code",
   "type": "string",
   "meaning": "Two-letter postal code of the state or DC."
  },
  {
   "name": "jurisdiction",
   "type": "string",
   "meaning": "State name (or District of Columbia)."
  },
  {
   "name": "court.name",
   "type": "string",
   "meaning": "Court that hears eviction cases."
  },
  {
   "name": "court.text",
   "type": "string (free text)",
   "meaning": "Detail on the court. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
  },
  {
   "name": "filing_fee.amount",
   "type": "number (US dollars)",
   "meaning": "Filing fee in US dollars."
  },
  {
   "name": "filing_fee.varies",
   "type": "boolean",
   "meaning": "Whether the fee varies by county or claim."
  },
  {
   "name": "filing_fee.text",
   "type": "string (free text)",
   "meaning": "The fee in plain English. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
  },
  {
   "name": "hearing.min",
   "type": "integer",
   "meaning": "Earliest the hearing is held."
  },
  {
   "name": "hearing.max",
   "type": "integer",
   "meaning": "Latest the hearing is held."
  },
  {
   "name": "hearing.unit",
   "type": "string (code)",
   "meaning": "Unit for the hearing timing (days, court_days)."
  },
  {
   "name": "hearing.from",
   "type": "string (code)",
   "meaning": "What the hearing timing counts from (for example filing or service)."
  },
  {
   "name": "hearing.text",
   "type": "string (free text)",
   "meaning": "Hearing timing in plain English. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
  },
  {
   "name": "answer.kind",
   "type": "string (code)",
   "meaning": "How the tenant responds (a count of days for a written answer, or at the hearing)."
  },
  {
   "name": "answer.min",
   "type": "integer",
   "meaning": "Days the tenant has to answer."
  },
  {
   "name": "answer.max",
   "type": "integer",
   "meaning": "Upper end of that period, when it is a range."
  },
  {
   "name": "answer.unit",
   "type": "string (code)",
   "meaning": "Unit for the answer period."
  },
  {
   "name": "answer.text",
   "type": "string (free text)",
   "meaning": "The answer rule in plain English. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
  },
  {
   "name": "writ.min",
   "type": "integer",
   "meaning": "Earliest the writ of possession issues after judgment."
  },
  {
   "name": "writ.max",
   "type": "integer",
   "meaning": "Latest, when it is a range."
  },
  {
   "name": "writ.unit",
   "type": "string (code)",
   "meaning": "Unit for the writ timing."
  },
  {
   "name": "writ.text",
   "type": "string (free text)",
   "meaning": "Writ timing in plain English. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
  },
  {
   "name": "lockout.min",
   "type": "integer",
   "meaning": "Time the tenant has to leave."
  },
  {
   "name": "lockout.max",
   "type": "integer",
   "meaning": "Upper end, when it is a range."
  },
  {
   "name": "lockout.unit",
   "type": "string (code)",
   "meaning": "Unit for the move-out period."
  },
  {
   "name": "lockout.from",
   "type": "string (code)",
   "meaning": "What the move-out period counts from."
  },
  {
   "name": "lockout.text",
   "type": "string (free text)",
   "meaning": "The move-out period in plain English. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
  },
  {
   "name": "officer.who",
   "type": "string",
   "meaning": "Who carries out the lockout."
  },
  {
   "name": "officer.text",
   "type": "string (free text)",
   "meaning": "Detail on the officer. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
  },
  {
   "name": "cure.value",
   "type": "string (code)",
   "meaning": "Whether paying everything owed stops a nonpayment case."
  },
  {
   "name": "cure.text",
   "type": "string (free text)",
   "meaning": "The payment rule in plain English. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
  },
  {
   "name": "counsel.value",
   "type": "boolean",
   "meaning": "Whether tenants have a right to a lawyer anywhere in the state."
  },
  {
   "name": "counsel.text",
   "type": "string (free text)",
   "meaning": "Detail on right to counsel. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
  },
  {
   "name": "diversion.value",
   "type": "boolean",
   "meaning": "Whether the courts run an eviction diversion or mediation program."
  },
  {
   "name": "diversion.text",
   "type": "string (free text)",
   "meaning": "Detail on the program. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
  },
  {
   "name": "notes",
   "type": "string (free text)",
   "meaning": "Other points from the official source. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
  },
  {
   "name": "unconfirmed",
   "type": "array of strings",
   "meaning": "Fields the official sources read did not confirm for this row. Those values are null."
  },
  {
   "name": "source_urls",
   "type": "array of strings",
   "meaning": "Links to the official sources (all of them for jurisdictions with their own page; the main linked source for the others)."
  },
  {
   "name": "checked",
   "type": "date (YYYY-MM-DD)",
   "meaning": "When the row's sources were opened (YYYY-MM or YYYY-MM-DD). A row with no official source carries the date of the check that found none."
  },
  {
   "name": "page_url",
   "type": "string (URL)",
   "meaning": "The page on mcc-solutionsnj.com that explains this row."
  }
 ],
 "rows": [
  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "AL",
   "jurisdiction": "Alabama",
   "court.name": "District Court (shared with Circuit Court)",
   "court.text": "Eviction (unlawful detainer) cases can be filed in District Court or Circuit Court; the county court pages describe District Court filing.",
   "filing_fee.amount": null,
   "filing_fee.varies": true,
   "filing_fee.text": "Set locally. County court pages we opened list $280 (Russell), $305 (Escambia) and $350 (Mobile and Montgomery) to start a case, with added fees per defendant.",
   "hearing.min": null,
   "hearing.max": null,
   "hearing.unit": null,
   "hearing.from": null,
   "hearing.text": null,
   "answer.kind": "days",
   "answer.min": 7,
   "answer.max": null,
   "answer.unit": "days",
   "answer.text": "Seven calendar days after service to answer the claim for possession (14 days for a money claim).",
   "writ.min": 7,
   "writ.max": null,
   "writ.unit": "days",
   "writ.text": "The writ of possession can be requested only after the 7-day stay that follows the judgment (the time to appeal) has run.",
   "lockout.min": null,
   "lockout.max": null,
   "lockout.unit": null,
   "lockout.from": null,
   "lockout.text": null,
   "officer.who": "Sheriff",
   "officer.text": "The writ directs the county's law enforcement (the sheriff) to restore possession to the landlord.",
   "cure.value": null,
   "cure.text": null,
   "counsel.value": null,
   "counsel.text": null,
   "diversion.value": null,
   "diversion.text": null,
   "notes": "An appeal does not stop the writ unless the tenant pays the circuit clerk all rent properly payable (Act 2006-316, section 35-9A-461(d)); the Mobile and Montgomery pages describe this as an appeal bond based on past-due and accruing rent. The writ timing above comes from a county procedure sheet; other counties may word it differently.",
   "unconfirmed": [
    "hearing",
    "lockout",
    "cure",
    "counsel",
    "diversion"
   ],
   "source_urls": [
    "https://mobile.alacourt.gov/district-civil-and-small-claims/unlawful-detainers/",
    "https://montgomery.alacourt.gov/district-civil/unlawful-detainers/",
    "https://russell.alacourt.gov/media/1037/unlawful-detainer-filing-packet.pdf",
    "https://escambia.alacourt.gov/media/1329/eviction_unlawful-detainer-filing-procedure-092025.pdf",
    "https://macon.alacourt.gov/media/1026/universal-residential-landlord-and-tenant-act.pdf"
   ],
   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-alabama"
  },
  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "AK",
   "jurisdiction": "Alaska",
   "court.name": "District Court",
   "court.text": "District Court for claims of $100,000 or less; Superior Court above that. File at the courthouse closest to the rental.",
   "filing_fee.amount": 150,
   "filing_fee.varies": false,
   "filing_fee.text": "$150 to file, unless a fee waiver is granted.",
   "hearing.min": 2,
   "hearing.max": 15,
   "hearing.unit": "days",
   "hearing.from": "filing",
   "hearing.text": "The hearing is held within 15 days of filing and no sooner than 2 days after the tenant is served (the earliest date here assumes service on the filing day).",
   "answer.kind": "days",
   "answer.min": 20,
   "answer.max": null,
   "answer.unit": "days",
   "answer.text": "20 days to file a written Answer. The possession hearing usually comes first; the Answer covers the rest of the case.",
   "writ.min": null,
   "writ.max": null,
   "writ.unit": null,
   "writ.text": null,
   "lockout.min": null,
   "lockout.max": null,
   "lockout.unit": null,
   "lockout.from": null,
   "lockout.text": null,
   "officer.who": "Peace officer",
   "officer.text": "A peace officer carries out the writ of assistance; in Anchorage the court sends landlords to the State Troopers Judicial Services Office.",
   "cure.value": null,
   "cure.text": null,
   "counsel.value": null,
   "counsel.text": null,
   "diversion.value": true,
   "diversion.text": "The court system's Eviction Diversion Program points landlords and tenants to free legal help and mediation, before or after a case is filed.",
   "notes": "Paying all the rent before the 7-day deadline in the Notice to Quit means the landlord can't evict for that rent; the pages we read don't say what payment after filing does. In Anchorage the judge may sign the writ at the eviction hearing.",
   "unconfirmed": [
    "writ",
    "lockout",
    "cure",
    "counsel"
   ],
   "source_urls": [
    "https://courts.alaska.gov/shc/housing/respondeviction.htm",
    "https://courts.alaska.gov/shc/housing/startevictioncase.htm",
    "https://public.courts.alaska.gov/web/forms/docs/civ-720.pdf",
    "https://public.courts.alaska.gov/web/forms/docs/civ-576anc.pdf",
    "https://courts.alaska.gov/media/docs/2022/pr-eviction-diversion-initiative.pdf"
   ],
   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-alaska"
  },
  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "AZ",
   "jurisdiction": "Arizona",
   "court.name": "Justice Court",
   "court.text": "Justice court in the precinct; the statute also allows filing in superior court.",
   "filing_fee.amount": null,
   "filing_fee.varies": null,
   "filing_fee.text": null,
   "hearing.min": 3,
   "hearing.max": 6,
   "hearing.unit": "days",
   "hearing.from": "filing",
   "hearing.text": "The summons issues the day the complaint is filed and sets the trial 3 to 6 days out; service must be at least 2 days before.",
   "answer.kind": "at_hearing",
   "answer.min": null,
   "answer.max": null,
   "answer.unit": "days",
   "answer.text": "The tenant appears and answers at the time on the summons, which is the trial date.",
   "writ.min": 5,
   "writ.max": null,
   "writ.unit": "days",
   "writ.text": "The landlord returns to court for the writ of restitution after five days (sooner in some breach cases).",
   "lockout.min": null,
   "lockout.max": null,
   "lockout.unit": null,
   "lockout.from": null,
   "lockout.text": null,
   "officer.who": "Constable",
   "officer.text": "A constable or deputy constable serves and enforces the writ (Maricopa County's page).",
   "cure.value": null,
   "cure.text": null,
   "counsel.value": null,
   "counsel.text": null,
   "diversion.value": null,
   "diversion.text": null,
   "notes": "For a material and irreparable breach the statute sets trial within three days of filing and restitution 12 to 24 hours after judgment. Maricopa's sheet counts the low end as three working days.",
   "unconfirmed": [
    "filing_fee",
    "lockout",
    "cure",
    "counsel",
    "diversion"
   ],
   "source_urls": [
    "https://www.azleg.gov/ars/33/01377.htm",
    "https://www.azcourts.gov/legalinfohub/Legal-Process-Sheets/Eviction-Actions",
    "https://justicecourts.maricopa.gov/media/hytc03eh/howto-writ.pdf",
    "https://www.justicecourts.maricopa.gov/media/2pqjrk5y/info-what-happens-ea.pdf"
   ],
   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-arizona"
  },
  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "AR",
   "jurisdiction": "Arkansas",
   "court.name": "Circuit Court",
   "filing_fee.amount": null,
   "filing_fee.varies": null,
   "hearing.min": null,
   "hearing.max": null,
   "hearing.unit": null,
   "hearing.from": null,
   "answer.kind": "days",
   "answer.min": 5,
   "answer.max": null,
   "answer.unit": "days",
   "writ.min": null,
   "writ.max": null,
   "writ.unit": null,
   "lockout.min": null,
   "lockout.max": null,
   "lockout.unit": null,
   "lockout.from": null,
   "officer.who": "Sheriff",
   "cure.value": null,
   "counsel.value": null,
   "diversion.value": null,
   "unconfirmed": [
    "filing_fee",
    "hearing",
    "writ",
    "lockout",
    "cure",
    "counsel",
    "diversion"
   ],
   "source_urls": [
    "https://arkansasag.gov/divisions/public-protection/homes/landlord-and-tenant-rights/"
   ],
   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-timeline-by-state"
  },
  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "CA",
   "jurisdiction": "California",
   "court.name": "Superior Court",
   "filing_fee.amount": 240,
   "filing_fee.varies": false,
   "hearing.min": null,
   "hearing.max": null,
   "hearing.unit": null,
   "hearing.from": null,
   "answer.kind": "days",
   "answer.min": 10,
   "answer.max": null,
   "answer.unit": "court_days",
   "writ.min": null,
   "writ.max": null,
   "writ.unit": null,
   "lockout.min": 5,
   "lockout.max": null,
   "lockout.unit": "days",
   "lockout.from": "writ",
   "officer.who": "Sheriff",
   "cure.value": null,
   "counsel.value": null,
   "diversion.value": null,
   "unconfirmed": [
    "hearing",
    "writ",
    "cure",
    "counsel",
    "diversion"
   ],
   "source_urls": [
    "https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/eviction-tenant/lose-case"
   ],
   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-timeline-by-state"
  },
  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "CO",
   "jurisdiction": "Colorado",
   "court.name": "County Court",
   "court.text": "County court in the county where the rental is.",
   "filing_fee.amount": null,
   "filing_fee.varies": true,
   "filing_fee.text": "Depends on the amount claimed: $95 to $265 in the Jefferson County packet ($85 for county court claims under $1,000 in the clinic slides). Tenants pay no filing or service fee.",
   "hearing.min": 7,
   "hearing.max": 14,
   "hearing.unit": "days",
   "hearing.from": "filing",
   "hearing.text": "The clerk sets the return (court) date 7 to 14 days after filing.",
   "answer.kind": "at_hearing",
   "answer.min": null,
   "answer.max": null,
   "answer.unit": "days",
   "answer.text": "The Answer is due by the court date on the summons.",
   "writ.min": 10,
   "writ.max": null,
   "writ.unit": "days",
   "writ.text": "The writ of restitution can't issue until at least 10 days after judgment.",
   "lockout.min": null,
   "lockout.max": null,
   "lockout.unit": null,
   "lockout.from": null,
   "lockout.text": null,
   "officer.who": "Sheriff",
   "officer.text": "After the writ, the landlord sets a removal date with the sheriff.",
   "cure.value": "yes",
   "cure.text": "The court's clinic slides list paying the landlord the rent owed before the judge orders possession as a defense.",
   "counsel.value": null,
   "counsel.text": null,
   "diversion.value": true,
   "diversion.text": "Free mediation is available; it is mandatory through the state Office of Dispute Resolution for tenants who receive SSI, SSDI or TANF.",
   "notes": null,
   "unconfirmed": [
    "lockout",
    "counsel"
   ],
   "source_urls": [
    "https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/self-help/residential-evictions",
    "https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/sites/default/files/2024-11/FED%20Clinic%20PowerPoint%20-%20November%202024.pdf",
    "https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/sites/default/files/2023-07/JDF186.pdf",
    "https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/sites/default/files/2025-04/Jefferson%20County%20Eviction%20Packet%204.7.25.pdf"
   ],
   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-colorado"
  },
  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "CT",
   "jurisdiction": "Connecticut",
   "court.name": "Housing Session or Judicial District docket",
   "filing_fee.amount": null,
   "filing_fee.varies": null,
   "hearing.min": null,
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   "hearing.unit": null,
   "hearing.from": null,
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   "answer.min": null,
   "answer.max": null,
   "answer.unit": null,
   "writ.min": 5,
   "writ.max": null,
   "writ.unit": "days_excl_sun",
   "lockout.min": null,
   "lockout.max": null,
   "lockout.unit": null,
   "lockout.from": null,
   "officer.who": "State marshal",
   "cure.value": null,
   "counsel.value": true,
   "diversion.value": null,
   "unconfirmed": [
    "filing_fee",
    "hearing",
    "answer",
    "lockout",
    "cure",
    "diversion"
   ],
   "source_urls": [
    "https://www.jud.ct.gov/faq/landlord.html"
   ],
   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-timeline-by-state"
  },
  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "DE",
   "jurisdiction": "Delaware",
   "court.name": "Justice of the Peace Court",
   "filing_fee.amount": 40,
   "filing_fee.varies": false,
   "hearing.min": null,
   "hearing.max": null,
   "hearing.unit": null,
   "hearing.from": null,
   "answer.kind": null,
   "answer.min": null,
   "answer.max": null,
   "answer.unit": null,
   "writ.min": 10,
   "writ.max": null,
   "writ.unit": "days",
   "lockout.min": null,
   "lockout.max": null,
   "lockout.unit": null,
   "lockout.from": null,
   "officer.who": "Constable",
   "cure.value": null,
   "counsel.value": null,
   "diversion.value": null,
   "unconfirmed": [
    "hearing",
    "answer",
    "lockout",
    "cure",
    "counsel",
    "diversion"
   ],
   "source_urls": [
    "https://courts.delaware.gov/jpcourt/jpcivil.aspx"
   ],
   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-timeline-by-state"
  },
  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "DC",
   "jurisdiction": "District of Columbia",
   "court.name": "Landlord and Tenant Branch, Superior Court",
   "court.text": "The Landlord and Tenant Branch of the Superior Court's Civil Division.",
   "filing_fee.amount": null,
   "filing_fee.varies": null,
   "filing_fee.text": null,
   "hearing.min": 28,
   "hearing.max": null,
   "hearing.unit": "days",
   "hearing.from": "filing",
   "hearing.text": "Initial hearings are scheduled at least 28 calendar days after filing.",
   "answer.kind": "at_hearing",
   "answer.min": null,
   "answer.max": null,
   "answer.unit": "days",
   "answer.text": "No written answer is needed unless the tenant wants a jury trial (or raises a plea of title or counterclaim); the tenant comes to the initial hearing.",
   "writ.min": 48,
   "writ.max": null,
   "writ.unit": "hours",
   "writ.text": "The landlord waits at least 48 hours after a judgment or default before filing for the writ of restitution (valid for 75 days).",
   "lockout.min": null,
   "lockout.max": null,
   "lockout.unit": null,
   "lockout.from": null,
   "lockout.text": null,
   "officer.who": "U.S. Marshals Service",
   "officer.text": "The eviction is carried out under the supervision of the United States Marshals Service.",
   "cure.value": "yes",
   "cure.text": "The tenant can redeem the tenancy by paying all rent, interest and costs owed at any time before the eviction.",
   "counsel.value": null,
   "counsel.text": null,
   "diversion.value": null,
   "diversion.text": null,
   "notes": null,
   "unconfirmed": [
    "filing_fee",
    "lockout",
    "counsel",
    "diversion"
   ],
   "source_urls": [
    "https://www.dccourts.gov/node/510",
    "https://www.dccourts.gov/sites/default/files/matters-docs/Case-Management-Plan-Landlord-and-Tenant-Branch.pdf"
   ],
   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-district-of-columbia"
  },
  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "FL",
   "jurisdiction": "Florida",
   "court.name": "County Court",
   "court.text": "The county court of the county where the rental is.",
   "filing_fee.amount": 180,
   "filing_fee.varies": false,
   "filing_fee.text": "$180 to file a removal of tenant action in county court.",
   "hearing.min": null,
   "hearing.max": null,
   "hearing.unit": null,
   "hearing.from": null,
   "hearing.text": null,
   "answer.kind": "days",
   "answer.min": 5,
   "answer.max": null,
   "answer.unit": "court_days",
   "answer.text": "5 days after service, not counting weekends and legal holidays. To raise any defense other than payment, the tenant must also pay the rent alleged into the court registry (or move to have the rent set) in that time.",
   "writ.min": 0,
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