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Eviction Notice Timeline

Choose your state to see the notice a landlord must give for unpaid rent and what happens at each step after.

How this tool works: method and sources

  1. The notice period is the number of days in your state’s nonpayment statute, shown only where verified.
  2. The later steps (filing, answer, hearing, judgment, writ) are a general order of events. We list no day counts for them because courts and counties set their own.
  3. The state data in this tool was researched from primary sources (state codes and attorney general guides) and checked November 2026. Each result links the statute it uses. If a rule is marked not verified, the tool shows no number for it.
Statutes by state (numbered references)
  1. Alabama: Ala. Code § 35-9A-421(b)
  2. Alaska: AS 34.03.220(b)
  3. Arizona: A.R.S. § 33-1368(B), (G)
  4. Arkansas: Ark. Code Ann. §§ 18-60-304, 18-60-307 (as amended by Act 1052 of 2021); see also § 18-17-701(b)
  5. California: Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 1161(2)
  6. Colorado: C.R.S. § 13-40-104(1)(d)
  7. Connecticut: Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 47a-15a(a), 47a-23(a)
  8. Delaware: 25 Del. C. § 5502(a), (c)
  9. District of Columbia: D.C. Code § 42-3505.01(a-1)
  10. Florida: Fla. Stat. § 83.56(3)
  11. Georgia: O.C.G.A. § 44-7-50(c)-(d)
  12. Hawaii: Haw. Rev. Stat. § 521-68(a)-(c) (as amended by L 2025, c 278)
  13. Idaho: Idaho Code §§ 6-303(2), 6-324
  14. Illinois: 735 ILCS 5/9-209
  15. Indiana: IC 32-31-1-6; form at IC 32-31-1-7
  16. Iowa: Iowa Code § 562A.27(2)
  17. Kansas: K.S.A. 58-2564(b)
  18. Kentucky: KRS 383.660(2)
  19. Louisiana: La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 4701
  20. Maine: 14 M.R.S. § 6002(1)(C)
  21. Maryland: Md. Code, Real Prop. § 8-401(c)
  22. Massachusetts: Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, §§ 11, 12
  23. Michigan: MCL 600.5714(1)(a)
  24. Minnesota: Minn. Stat. § 504B.321, subd. 1a
  25. Mississippi: Miss. Code Ann. § 89-8-13(5)(a)
  26. Missouri: Mo. Rev. Stat. § 535.020
  27. Montana: Mont. Code Ann. § 70-24-422(2)
  28. Nebraska: Neb. Rev. Stat. § 76-1431(2)
  29. Nevada: NRS 40.253(1)
  30. New Hampshire: N.H. Rev. Stat. §§ 540:2, II(a), 540:3, II, IV
  31. New Jersey: N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1(a), 2A:18-61.2
  32. New Mexico: N.M. Stat. Ann. § 47-8-33(D)
  33. New York: N.Y. Real Prop. Actions & Proc. Law § 711(2)
  34. North Carolina: N.C. Gen. Stat. § 42-3
  35. North Dakota: N.D. Cent. Code §§ 47-32-01(4), 47-32-02
  36. Ohio: Ohio Rev. Code § 1923.04(A)
  37. Oklahoma: 41 O.S. § 131(B)
  38. Oregon: ORS 90.394(2); ORS 90.395
  39. Pennsylvania: 68 P.S. § 250.501(b)
  40. Rhode Island: R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-35(a)-(b)
  41. South Carolina: S.C. Code § 27-40-710(B)
  42. South Dakota: SDCL § 21-16-1(4); § 21-16-2 (repealed SL 2024, ch 75)
  43. Tennessee: no verified citation for this tool yet; see your state attorney general
  44. Texas: Tex. Prop. Code § 24.005(a)
  45. Utah: Utah Code § 78B-6-802(1)(c)
  46. Vermont: 9 V.S.A. § 4467(a)
  47. Virginia: Va. Code § 55.1-1245(F)
  48. Washington: RCW 59.18.057; RCW 59.12.030(3)
  49. West Virginia: W. Va. Code § 55-3A-1
  50. Wisconsin: Wis. Stat. § 704.17(1p)(a), (2)(a)
  51. Wyoming: W.S. § 1-21-1003

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