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Court eviction filed by Fred on July 7, 2022 @19:38

                              
If you file for a court eviction and the tenant has been served the papers from the court.
What happens if the tenant leaves prior to the court date?
Do you have to show that they were not evicted? Because you would not have any reason to go to court other than cancelling the case. But the tenant would not have an eviction due to leaving prior to going to court. Anyone have firsthand experience on this?
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Re: Court eviction filed by Lpadave on July 11, 2022 @08:45 [ Reply ]
In most juristictions if tenant voluntarily surrenders back possession to LL,...LL now has possession which is the primary thing LL wants in court.
Some courts will determine and award a money judgement as part of the eviction ,...others will require the LL to persue a different action for money damages.

If tenant voluntarily gives you back possession,...DONT JUST TAKE THE KEYS,....get a short signed note with date and time that tenant has vacated the property and is surrendering back possession.

Under this scenario,....you don't have a course of action under eviction process and need to start over in small claims or other civil court for money damages.

If tenant just vanishes, thats abandonment and you really need SPECIFIC GUIDANCE

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