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 "generated": "2026-10-17",
 "national": {
  "median_rent": 1487,
  "median_rent_source": "U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year, table B25064 (median gross rent)",
  "median_rent_source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/1YRData/acsdt1y2024-b25064.dat",
  "median_typical_weeks": 4.0,
  "median_low_weeks": 3.0,
  "median_high_weeks": 9.5,
  "default_court_costs": {
   "filing_fee": [
    55,
    175
   ],
   "service_fee": [
    30,
    77
   ],
   "lockout_fee": [
    75,
    180
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  "lawyer": {
   "uncontested": [
    500,
    1500
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   "contested": [
    2000,
    5000
   ],
   "text": "National rough estimate, not state-specific: flat fees of about $500-$1,500 for an uncontested case; $2,000-$5,000+ when the tenant fights it. Big-city rates run higher.",
   "sources": [
    "https://legalcostcalc.com/eviction-lawyer/",
    "https://localattorneyfees.com/eviction",
    "https://www.mrisoftware.com/blog/how-much-does-an-eviction-cost-who-pays-legal-fees/"
   ],
   "source_kind": "secondary (industry estimates, low confidence)"
  },
  "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
  "default_turnover": 1000,
  "default_rerent_days": 30,
  "defaults_note": "Turnover ($1,000) and re-rent time (30 days) are placeholder assumptions you should replace with your own numbers."
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   "abbr": "AL",
   "name": "Alabama",
   "slug": "alabama",
   "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
   "notice": {
    "value": 10,
    "text": "7 business days to pay or move (Ala. Code § 35-9A-421)",
    "source_url": "https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-laws-on-termination-for-nonpayment-of-rent.html",
    "source_kind": "secondary",
    "status": "secondary"
   },
   "answer": {
    "value": 7,
    "text": "7 calendar days after service to answer the possession claim (14 for money claims)",
    "source_url": "https://jackson.alacourt.gov/evictions/",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "post_judgment": {
    "value": [
     8,
     14
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    "text": "Automatic 7-day stay on the writ of possession, then the landlord applies for the writ and the sheriff executes",
    "source_url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/alabama/title-35/chapter-9a/article-4/division-4/section-35-9a-461/",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "appeal": {
    "value": 7,
    "text": "7 days to appeal to circuit court; appeal does not stop the writ unless the tenant pays all rent into court; appeal is set for trial within 60 days",
    "source_url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/alabama/title-35/chapter-9a/article-4/division-4/section-35-9a-461/",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "filing_fee": {
    "value": [
     247,
     350
    ],
    "text": "Varies by county: Montgomery $247, Escambia $305, Mobile $350 (incl. some service)",
    "source_url": "https://montgomery.alacourt.gov/district-civil/district-civil-fee-chart/",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "scope": "varies by county (Montgomery, Escambia, Mobile examples)",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "service_fee": {
    "value": [
     30,
     30
    ],
    "text": "Montgomery County sheriff service: $30",
    "source_url": "https://montgomery.alacourt.gov/district-civil/district-civil-fee-chart/",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "scope": "Montgomery County",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "lockout_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
   "right_to_cure": {
    "level": "notice",
    "text": "Can pay in full during the notice period",
    "source_url": "https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-laws-on-termination-for-nonpayment-of-rent.html",
    "status": "secondary"
   },
   "protections": {
    "rent_control": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "just_cause": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "right_to_counsel": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "seasonal": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "mediation": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "local_rules": null
   },
   "timeline": {
    "low_weeks": 4.0,
    "typical_weeks": 6.0,
    "high_weeks": 13.0,
    "steps_days": {
     "notice": 10,
     "filing_to_judgment": [
      10,
      21,
      45
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     "judgment_to_lockout": [
      8,
      14
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    },
    "post_judgment_is_default": false,
    "post_judgment_max_is_default": false,
    "method": "EvictionMath model: notice period + filing-to-judgment window + judgment-to-lockout window from the sourced rules; high case adds 21 days for a contested case. Not a court statistic."
   },
   "court_costs": {
    "filing_fee": {
     "range": [
      247,
      350
     ],
     "is_default": false
    },
    "service_fee": {
     "range": [
      30,
      30
     ],
     "is_default": false
    },
    "lockout_fee": {
     "range": [
      75,
      180
     ],
     "is_default": true
    }
   },
   "lawyer_fees": {
    "uncontested": [
     500,
     1500
    ],
    "contested": [
     2000,
     5000
    ],
    "status": "national-estimate"
   },
   "median_rent": {
    "value": 1077,
    "moe": 16,
    "source": "U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year, table B25064 (median gross rent)",
    "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/1YRData/acsdt1y2024-b25064.dat"
   },
   "score": {
    "total": 77,
    "timeline_pts": 33.3,
    "cure_pts": 14,
    "protection_pts": 30
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   "unverified_fields": [
    "lockout_fee"
   ],
   "legal_fields_sourced": 4,
   "source_notes": "Notice/cure: 7 business days to pay or move (Ala. Code § 35-9A-421). Legal fields link to statutes or official court pages where we found them; Nolo and legal-aid pages are secondary. Fees vary by county; each fee says where it applies (statewide or the county/court we found). Lawyer fees are national estimates."
  },
  {
   "abbr": "AK",
   "name": "Alaska",
   "slug": "alaska",
   "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
   "notice": {
    "value": 7,
    "text": "7 days to pay or move (Alaska Stat. §§ 09.45.090, 34.03.220)",
    "source_url": "https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-laws-on-termination-for-nonpayment-of-rent.html",
    "source_kind": "secondary",
    "status": "secondary"
   },
   "answer": {
    "value": 20,
    "text": "Possession hearing at least 2 days after service and within 15 days of filing; written answer due 20 days after service (money claims)",
    "source_url": "https://public.courts.alaska.gov/web/forms/docs/civ-720.pdf",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "post_judgment": {
    "value": null,
    "text": "The judge sets the move-out date; if the tenant stays, the landlord asks for a writ of assistance (CIV-575) for a peace officer to remove them. No statutory day count",
    "source_url": "https://public.courts.alaska.gov/web/forms/docs/civ-575.pdf",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced-text-only"
   },
   "appeal": {
    "value": 30,
    "text": "30 days to appeal; an appeal does not automatically stop the eviction",
    "source_url": "https://public.courts.alaska.gov/web/forms/docs/civ-720.pdf",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "filing_fee": {
    "value": [
     150,
     250
    ],
    "text": "Eviction (FED) filing fee $150 for claims up to $100,000; $250 above",
    "source_url": "https://courts.alaska.gov/selfhelp/courtfees.htm",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "scope": "statewide",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "service_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
   "lockout_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
   "right_to_cure": {
    "level": "notice",
    "text": "Can pay in full during the notice period",
    "source_url": "https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-laws-on-termination-for-nonpayment-of-rent.html",
    "status": "secondary"
   },
   "protections": {
    "rent_control": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "just_cause": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "right_to_counsel": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "seasonal": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "mediation": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "local_rules": null
   },
   "timeline": {
    "low_weeks": 2.0,
    "typical_weeks": 4.5,
    "high_weeks": 10.5,
    "steps_days": {
     "notice": 7,
     "filing_to_judgment": [
      3,
      15,
      30
     ],
     "judgment_to_lockout": [
      5,
      14
     ]
    },
    "post_judgment_is_default": true,
    "post_judgment_max_is_default": false,
    "method": "EvictionMath model: notice period + filing-to-judgment window + judgment-to-lockout window from the sourced rules; high case adds 21 days for a contested case. Not a court statistic."
   },
   "court_costs": {
    "filing_fee": {
     "range": [
      150,
      250
     ],
     "is_default": false
    },
    "service_fee": {
     "range": [
      30,
      77
     ],
     "is_default": true
    },
    "lockout_fee": {
     "range": [
      75,
      180
     ],
     "is_default": true
    }
   },
   "lawyer_fees": {
    "uncontested": [
     500,
     1500
    ],
    "contested": [
     2000,
     5000
    ],
    "status": "national-estimate"
   },
   "median_rent": {
    "value": 1444,
    "moe": 48,
    "source": "U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year, table B25064 (median gross rent)",
    "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/1YRData/acsdt1y2024-b25064.dat"
   },
   "score": {
    "total": 84,
    "timeline_pts": 39.6,
    "cure_pts": 14,
    "protection_pts": 30
   },
   "unverified_fields": [
    "service_fee",
    "lockout_fee",
    "post_judgment_days"
   ],
   "legal_fields_sourced": 4,
   "source_notes": "Notice/cure: 7 days to pay or move (Alaska Stat. §§ 09.45.090, 34.03.220). Legal fields link to statutes or official court pages where we found them; Nolo and legal-aid pages are secondary. Fees vary by county; each fee says where it applies (statewide or the county/court we found). Lawyer fees are national estimates."
  },
  {
   "abbr": "AZ",
   "name": "Arizona",
   "slug": "arizona",
   "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
   "notice": {
    "value": 5,
    "text": "5 days to pay or move (Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 33-1368)",
    "source_url": "https://www.azleg.gov/ars/33/01368.htm",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "secondary_url": "https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-laws-on-termination-for-nonpayment-of-rent.html",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "answer": {
    "value": 3,
    "text": "Trial is set 3 to 6 days after filing (up to 3-day postponement for good cause); tenant answers at trial",
    "source_url": "https://www.azleg.gov/ars/33/01377.htm",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "post_judgment": {
    "value": [
     5,
     10
    ],
    "text": "No writ of restitution until 5 calendar days after judgment",
    "source_url": "https://www.azleg.gov/ars/12/01178.htm",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "appeal": {
    "value": 5,
    "text": "5 calendar days to appeal; a supersedeas bond is required to stay the eviction",
    "source_url": "https://www.azcourts.gov/legalinfohub/Legal-Info-Sheets/Landlord/Tenant-Disputes-amp-Eviction/After-an-Eviction-Judgment",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "filing_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
   "service_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
   "lockout_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
   "right_to_cure": {
    "level": "notice",
    "text": "Can pay in full during the notice period",
    "source_url": "https://www.azleg.gov/ars/33/01368.htm",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "protections": {
    "rent_control": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "just_cause": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "right_to_counsel": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "seasonal": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "mediation": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "local_rules": null
   },
   "timeline": {
    "low_weeks": 2.0,
    "typical_weeks": 2.5,
    "high_weeks": 7.0,
    "steps_days": {
     "notice": 5,
     "filing_to_judgment": [
      3,
      6,
      14
     ],
     "judgment_to_lockout": [
      5,
      10
     ]
    },
    "post_judgment_is_default": false,
    "post_judgment_max_is_default": false,
    "method": "EvictionMath model: notice period + filing-to-judgment window + judgment-to-lockout window from the sourced rules; high case adds 21 days for a contested case. Not a court statistic."
   },
   "court_costs": {
    "filing_fee": {
     "range": [
      55,
      175
     ],
     "is_default": true
    },
    "service_fee": {
     "range": [
      30,
      77
     ],
     "is_default": true
    },
    "lockout_fee": {
     "range": [
      75,
      180
     ],
     "is_default": true
    }
   },
   "lawyer_fees": {
    "uncontested": [
     500,
     1500
    ],
    "contested": [
     2000,
     5000
    ],
    "status": "national-estimate"
   },
   "median_rent": {
    "value": 1672,
    "moe": 19,
    "source": "U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year, table B25064 (median gross rent)",
    "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/1YRData/acsdt1y2024-b25064.dat"
   },
   "score": {
    "total": 92,
    "timeline_pts": 47.9,
    "cure_pts": 14,
    "protection_pts": 30
   },
   "unverified_fields": [
    "filing_fee",
    "service_fee",
    "lockout_fee"
   ],
   "legal_fields_sourced": 4,
   "source_notes": "Notice/cure: 5 days to pay or move (Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 33-1368). Legal fields link to statutes or official court pages where we found them; Nolo and legal-aid pages are secondary. Fees vary by county; each fee says where it applies (statewide or the county/court we found). Lawyer fees are national estimates."
  },
  {
   "abbr": "AR",
   "name": "Arkansas",
   "slug": "arkansas",
   "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
   "notice": {
    "value": 3,
    "text": "3-day unconditional notice to vacate for civil unlawful detainer (Ark. Code §§ 18-60-304); no right to pay and stay",
    "source_url": "https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-laws-on-termination-for-nonpayment-of-rent.html",
    "source_kind": "secondary",
    "status": "secondary"
   },
   "answer": {
    "value": 5,
    "text": "5 days (excluding Sundays and holidays) after service of the notice of intention to file a written objection; otherwise the clerk issues the writ",
    "source_url": "https://a.arlawhelp.org/landlord-tenant/unlawful-detainer-evictions",
    "source_kind": "secondary",
    "status": "secondary"
   },
   "post_judgment": {
    "value": [
     1,
     5
    ],
    "text": "Sheriff gives at least 24 hours to vacate after the writ of possession",
    "source_url": "https://a.arlawhelp.org/landlord-tenant/unlawful-detainer-evictions",
    "source_kind": "secondary",
    "status": "secondary"
   },
   "appeal": {
    "value": 30,
    "text": "30 days to appeal (Ark. R. App. P.-Civ. 4); to stay the eviction the tenant must post a bond covering rent as it comes due (Ark. Code § 18-17-707)",
    "source_url": "https://opinions.arcourts.gov/ark/cr/en/1885/1/document.do",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "filing_fee": {
    "value": [
     150,
     165
    ],
    "text": "Circuit court uniform filing fee $150 by statute; many clerks list $165 with surcharges",
    "source_url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/arkansas/title-21/chapter-6/subchapter-4/section-21-6-403/",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "scope": "statewide",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "service_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
   "lockout_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
   "right_to_cure": {
    "level": "none",
    "text": "No right to pay and stay once notice is given",
    "source_url": "https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-laws-on-termination-for-nonpayment-of-rent.html",
    "status": "secondary"
   },
   "protections": {
    "rent_control": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "just_cause": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "right_to_counsel": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "seasonal": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "mediation": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "local_rules": null
   },
   "timeline": {
    "low_weeks": 1.5,
    "typical_weeks": 2.5,
    "high_weeks": 8.5,
    "steps_days": {
     "notice": 3,
     "filing_to_judgment": [
      6,
      10,
      30
     ],
     "judgment_to_lockout": [
      1,
      5
     ]
    },
    "post_judgment_is_default": false,
    "post_judgment_max_is_default": false,
    "method": "EvictionMath model: notice period + filing-to-judgment window + judgment-to-lockout window from the sourced rules; high case adds 21 days for a contested case. Not a court statistic."
   },
   "court_costs": {
    "filing_fee": {
     "range": [
      150,
      165
     ],
     "is_default": false
    },
    "service_fee": {
     "range": [
      30,
      77
     ],
     "is_default": true
    },
    "lockout_fee": {
     "range": [
      75,
      180
     ],
     "is_default": true
    }
   },
   "lawyer_fees": {
    "uncontested": [
     500,
     1500
    ],
    "contested": [
     2000,
     5000
    ],
    "status": "national-estimate"
   },
   "median_rent": {
    "value": 982,
    "moe": 13,
    "source": "U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year, table B25064 (median gross rent)",
    "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/1YRData/acsdt1y2024-b25064.dat"
   },
   "score": {
    "total": 98,
    "timeline_pts": 47.9,
    "cure_pts": 20,
    "protection_pts": 30
   },
   "unverified_fields": [
    "service_fee",
    "lockout_fee"
   ],
   "legal_fields_sourced": 4,
   "source_notes": "Notice/cure: 3-day unconditional notice to vacate for civil unlawful detainer (Ark. Code §§ 18-60-304); no right to pay and stay. Legal fields link to statutes or official court pages where we found them; Nolo and legal-aid pages are secondary. Fees vary by county; each fee says where it applies (statewide or the county/court we found). Lawyer fees are national estimates."
  },
  {
   "abbr": "CA",
   "name": "California",
   "slug": "california",
   "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
   "notice": {
    "value": 5,
    "text": "3 days to pay or quit, excluding weekends and court holidays (Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 1161(2))",
    "source_url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CCP&sectionNum=1161",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "secondary_url": "https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-laws-on-termination-for-nonpayment-of-rent.html",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "answer": {
    "value": 14,
    "text": "10 court days after personal service to respond",
    "source_url": "https://www.selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/eviction-tenant/summons-complaint",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "post_judgment": {
    "value": [
     6,
     21
    ],
    "text": "Sheriff serves a 5-day notice to vacate after the writ of possession, then locks out",
    "source_url": "https://www.selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/eviction-landlord/after-trial",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "appeal": {
    "value": 30,
    "text": "30 days after notice of entry of judgment (max 90 days) to appeal a limited civil eviction (Cal. Rules of Court 8.822); an appeal does not automatically stop the eviction (CCP § 1176)",
    "source_url": "https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/eight/rule8_822",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "filing_fee": {
    "value": [
     240,
     385
    ],
    "text": "$240 for claims up to $10,000; $385 for $10,000-$25,000",
    "source_url": "https://courts.ca.gov/sites/default/files/courts/default/2024-12/statewidecivilfeeschedule-20140101.pdf",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "scope": "statewide",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "service_fee": {
    "value": [
     50,
     50
    ],
    "text": "Sheriff service of an unlawful detainer summons and complaint $50 (Santa Barbara County Sheriff 2026 schedule)",
    "source_url": "https://www.sbsheriff.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Fee-Schedule-2026.pdf",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "scope": "Santa Barbara County Sheriff",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "lockout_fee": {
    "value": [
     180,
     180
    ],
    "text": "Sheriff writ of possession, real property (eviction) $180; re-posting $105 (Santa Barbara County Sheriff 2026 schedule)",
    "source_url": "https://www.sbsheriff.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Fee-Schedule-2026.pdf",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "scope": "Santa Barbara County Sheriff",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "right_to_cure": {
    "level": "notice",
    "text": "Can pay in full during the notice period",
    "source_url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CCP&sectionNum=1161",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "protections": {
    "rent_control": {
     "value": true,
     "text": "Statewide cap (AB 1482): 5% + CPI, max 10%",
     "source_url": "https://naahq.org/news/state-legislatures-return-rent-control-follows",
     "source_kind": "secondary",
     "status": "secondary"
    },
    "just_cause": {
     "value": true,
     "text": "Just cause required after 12 months of tenancy (AB 1482)",
     "source_url": "https://www.nmhc.org/globalassets/advocacy/rent-control/rent-control-by-state-law-chart_2026.pdf",
     "source_kind": "secondary",
     "status": "secondary"
    },
    "right_to_counsel": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "seasonal": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "mediation": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "local_rules": "Many cities add stricter local rent control and just-cause rules; San Francisco and Los Angeles have a tenant right to counsel."
   },
   "timeline": {
    "low_weeks": 4.5,
    "typical_weeks": 8.5,
    "high_weeks": 17.5,
    "steps_days": {
     "notice": 5,
     "filing_to_judgment": [
      21,
      40,
      75
     ],
     "judgment_to_lockout": [
      6,
      21
     ]
    },
    "post_judgment_is_default": false,
    "post_judgment_max_is_default": false,
    "method": "EvictionMath model: notice period + filing-to-judgment window + judgment-to-lockout window from the sourced rules; high case adds 21 days for a contested case. Not a court statistic."
   },
   "court_costs": {
    "filing_fee": {
     "range": [
      240,
      385
     ],
     "is_default": false
    },
    "service_fee": {
     "range": [
      50,
      50
     ],
     "is_default": false
    },
    "lockout_fee": {
     "range": [
      180,
      180
     ],
     "is_default": false
    }
   },
   "lawyer_fees": {
    "uncontested": [
     500,
     1500
    ],
    "contested": [
     2000,
     5000
    ],
    "status": "national-estimate"
   },
   "median_rent": {
    "value": 2104,
    "moe": 9,
    "source": "U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year, table B25064 (median gross rent)",
    "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/1YRData/acsdt1y2024-b25064.dat"
   },
   "score": {
    "total": 49,
    "timeline_pts": 22.9,
    "cure_pts": 14,
    "protection_pts": 12
   },
   "unverified_fields": [],
   "legal_fields_sourced": 4,
   "source_notes": "Notice/cure: 3 days to pay or quit, excluding weekends and court holidays (Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 1161(2)). Legal fields link to statutes or official court pages where we found them; Nolo and legal-aid pages are secondary. Fees vary by county; each fee says where it applies (statewide or the county/court we found). Lawyer fees are national estimates."
  },
  {
   "abbr": "CO",
   "name": "Colorado",
   "slug": "colorado",
   "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
   "notice": {
    "value": 10,
    "text": "10 days to pay or move (5 for certain exempt single-family rentals) (Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-40-104)",
    "source_url": "https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-laws-on-termination-for-nonpayment-of-rent.html",
    "source_kind": "secondary",
    "status": "secondary"
   },
   "answer": {
    "value": 7,
    "text": "Answer due by the return date on the summons, generally 7-14 days after filing; trial 7-10 days after an answer",
    "source_url": "https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/self-help/residential-evictions/start-eviction",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "post_judgment": {
    "value": [
     10,
     21
    ],
    "text": "A residential writ cannot be executed until at least 10 days after judgment",
    "source_url": "https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/sites/default/files/2024-11/FED%20Clinic%20PowerPoint%20-%20November%202024.pdf",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "appeal": {
    "value": 14,
    "text": "14 days to appeal a county court judgment; bond required, and in nonpayment cases the tenant must deposit the rent",
    "source_url": "https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/sites/default/files/2025-09/JDF126.pdf",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "filing_fee": {
    "value": [
     85,
     135
    ],
    "text": "County court: $85 under $1,000; $105 for $1,000-$15,000; $135 for $15,000-$25,000",
    "source_url": "https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/sites/default/files/2024-11/FED%20Clinic%20PowerPoint%20-%20November%202024.pdf",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "scope": "statewide",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "service_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
   "lockout_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
   "right_to_cure": {
    "level": "notice",
    "text": "Can pay in full during the notice period",
    "source_url": "https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-laws-on-termination-for-nonpayment-of-rent.html",
    "status": "secondary"
   },
   "protections": {
    "rent_control": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "just_cause": {
     "value": true,
     "text": "Cause required for most tenants after 12 months (HB24-1098)",
     "source_url": "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1098",
     "source_kind": "official",
     "status": "sourced"
    },
    "right_to_counsel": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "seasonal": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "mediation": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "local_rules": "Denver and Boulder have local right-to-counsel programs; statewide rent control is preempted."
   },
   "timeline": {
    "low_weeks": 4.0,
    "typical_weeks": 5.5,
    "high_weeks": 11.5,
    "steps_days": {
     "notice": 10,
     "filing_to_judgment": [
      7,
      14,
      28
     ],
     "judgment_to_lockout": [
      10,
      21
     ]
    },
    "post_judgment_is_default": false,
    "post_judgment_max_is_default": false,
    "method": "EvictionMath model: notice period + filing-to-judgment window + judgment-to-lockout window from the sourced rules; high case adds 21 days for a contested case. Not a court statistic."
   },
   "court_costs": {
    "filing_fee": {
     "range": [
      85,
      135
     ],
     "is_default": false
    },
    "service_fee": {
     "range": [
      30,
      77
     ],
     "is_default": true
    },
    "lockout_fee": {
     "range": [
      75,
      180
     ],
     "is_default": true
    }
   },
   "lawyer_fees": {
    "uncontested": [
     500,
     1500
    ],
    "contested": [
     2000,
     5000
    ],
    "status": "national-estimate"
   },
   "median_rent": {
    "value": 1822,
    "moe": 15,
    "source": "U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year, table B25064 (median gross rent)",
    "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/1YRData/acsdt1y2024-b25064.dat"
   },
   "score": {
    "total": 69,
    "timeline_pts": 35.4,
    "cure_pts": 14,
    "protection_pts": 20
   },
   "unverified_fields": [
    "service_fee",
    "lockout_fee"
   ],
   "legal_fields_sourced": 4,
   "source_notes": "Notice/cure: 10 days to pay or move (5 for certain exempt single-family rentals) (Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-40-104). Legal fields link to statutes or official court pages where we found them; Nolo and legal-aid pages are secondary. Fees vary by county; each fee says where it applies (statewide or the county/court we found). Lawyer fees are national estimates."
  },
  {
   "abbr": "CT",
   "name": "Connecticut",
   "slug": "connecticut",
   "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
   "notice": {
    "value": 9,
    "text": "Notice to quit can only be delivered once rent is 9 days late (Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 47a-23, 47a-15a)",
    "source_url": "https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_830.htm#sec_47a-15a",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "secondary_url": "https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-laws-on-termination-for-nonpayment-of-rent.html",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "answer": {
    "value": 2,
    "text": "Tenant must file an appearance within 2 days after the return date",
    "source_url": "https://cga.ct.gov/current/PUB/chap_832.htm",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "post_judgment": {
    "value": [
     6,
     14
    ],
    "text": "Execution is automatically stayed 5 days (excluding Sundays and holidays) after judgment",
    "source_url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/connecticut/title-47a/chapter-832/section-47a-35-formerly-sec-52-542/",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "appeal": {
    "value": 5,
    "text": "Appeal within the 5-day stay; a timely appeal stays execution unless the tenant fails to post the required bond",
    "source_url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/connecticut/title-47a/chapter-832/section-47a-35-formerly-sec-52-542/",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "filing_fee": {
    "value": [
     175,
     175
    ],
    "text": "Summary process entry fee $175",
    "source_url": "https://www.jud.ct.gov/external/super/courtfee.htm",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "scope": "statewide",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "service_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
   "lockout_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
   "right_to_cure": {
    "level": "none",
    "text": "No right to pay and stay once notice is given",
    "source_url": "https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_830.htm#sec_47a-15a",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "protections": {
    "rent_control": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "just_cause": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "right_to_counsel": {
     "value": true,
     "text": "Statewide right to counsel for tenants at or below 80% of state median income",
     "source_url": "https://civilrighttocounsel.org/uploaded_files/283/RTC_Enacted_Legislation_in_Eviction_Proceedings_FINAL.pdf",
     "source_kind": "secondary",
     "status": "secondary"
    },
    "seasonal": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "mediation": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "local_rules": null
   },
   "timeline": {
    "low_weeks": 3.5,
    "typical_weeks": 5.5,
    "high_weeks": 12.5,
    "steps_days": {
     "notice": 9,
     "filing_to_judgment": [
      10,
      21,
      45
     ],
     "judgment_to_lockout": [
      6,
      14
     ]
    },
    "post_judgment_is_default": false,
    "post_judgment_max_is_default": false,
    "method": "EvictionMath model: notice period + filing-to-judgment window + judgment-to-lockout window from the sourced rules; high case adds 21 days for a contested case. Not a court statistic."
   },
   "court_costs": {
    "filing_fee": {
     "range": [
      175,
      175
     ],
     "is_default": false
    },
    "service_fee": {
     "range": [
      30,
      77
     ],
     "is_default": true
    },
    "lockout_fee": {
     "range": [
      75,
      180
     ],
     "is_default": true
    }
   },
   "lawyer_fees": {
    "uncontested": [
     500,
     1500
    ],
    "contested": [
     2000,
     5000
    ],
    "status": "national-estimate"
   },
   "median_rent": {
    "value": 1550,
    "moe": 24,
    "source": "U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year, table B25064 (median gross rent)",
    "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/1YRData/acsdt1y2024-b25064.dat"
   },
   "score": {
    "total": 80,
    "timeline_pts": 35.4,
    "cure_pts": 20,
    "protection_pts": 25
   },
   "unverified_fields": [
    "service_fee",
    "lockout_fee"
   ],
   "legal_fields_sourced": 4,
   "source_notes": "Notice/cure: Notice to quit can only be delivered once rent is 9 days late (Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 47a-23, 47a-15a). Legal fields link to statutes or official court pages where we found them; Nolo and legal-aid pages are secondary. Fees vary by county; each fee says where it applies (statewide or the county/court we found). Lawyer fees are national estimates."
  },
  {
   "abbr": "DE",
   "name": "Delaware",
   "slug": "delaware",
   "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
   "notice": {
    "value": 7,
    "text": "7 days to pay before the landlord can file (Del. Code tit. 25, § 5502(a): notice period 'not less than 7 days')",
    "source_url": "https://delcode.delaware.gov/title25/c055/index.html",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "secondary_url": "https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-laws-on-termination-for-nonpayment-of-rent.html",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "answer": {
    "value": null,
    "text": "No written answer; the tenant appears at the Justice of the Peace Court trial. A jury trial must be requested within 10 days of service",
    "source_url": "https://www.courts.delaware.gov/help/proceedings/jp_respond.aspx",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced-text-only"
   },
   "post_judgment": {
    "value": [
     10,
     17
    ],
    "text": "Writ of possession cannot issue until 10 days after judgment (unless stipulated)",
    "source_url": "https://courts.delaware.gov/help/landlordtenant/",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "appeal": {
    "value": 5,
    "text": "5 days to request a de novo appeal to a three-justice panel; a bond may be required to stay",
    "source_url": "https://delcode.delaware.gov/title25/c057/",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "filing_fee": {
    "value": [
     45,
     45
    ],
    "text": "Justice of the Peace Court landlord-tenant filing fee $45",
    "source_url": "https://courts.delaware.gov/Help/fees/jpfees.aspx",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "scope": "statewide",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "service_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
   "lockout_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
   "right_to_cure": {
    "level": "notice",
    "text": "Can pay in full during the notice period",
    "source_url": "https://delcode.delaware.gov/title25/c055/index.html",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "protections": {
    "rent_control": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "just_cause": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "right_to_counsel": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "seasonal": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "mediation": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "local_rules": null
   },
   "timeline": {
    "low_weeks": 4.5,
    "typical_weeks": 7.0,
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    "steps_days": {
     "notice": 7,
     "filing_to_judgment": [
      14,
      28,
      42
     ],
     "judgment_to_lockout": [
      10,
      17
     ]
    },
    "post_judgment_is_default": false,
    "post_judgment_max_is_default": false,
    "method": "EvictionMath model: notice period + filing-to-judgment window + judgment-to-lockout window from the sourced rules; high case adds 21 days for a contested case. Not a court statistic."
   },
   "court_costs": {
    "filing_fee": {
     "range": [
      45,
      45
     ],
     "is_default": false
    },
    "service_fee": {
     "range": [
      30,
      77
     ],
     "is_default": true
    },
    "lockout_fee": {
     "range": [
      75,
      180
     ],
     "is_default": true
    }
   },
   "lawyer_fees": {
    "uncontested": [
     500,
     1500
    ],
    "contested": [
     2000,
     5000
    ],
    "status": "national-estimate"
   },
   "median_rent": {
    "value": 1530,
    "moe": 47,
    "source": "U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year, table B25064 (median gross rent)",
    "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/1YRData/acsdt1y2024-b25064.dat"
   },
   "score": {
    "total": 73,
    "timeline_pts": 29.2,
    "cure_pts": 14,
    "protection_pts": 30
   },
   "unverified_fields": [
    "service_fee",
    "lockout_fee"
   ],
   "legal_fields_sourced": 4,
   "source_notes": "Notice/cure: 7 days to pay before the landlord can file (Del. Code tit. 25, § 5502(a): notice period 'not less than 7 days'). Legal fields link to statutes or official court pages where we found them; Nolo and legal-aid pages are secondary. Fees vary by county; each fee says where it applies (statewide or the county/court we found). Lawyer fees are national estimates."
  },
  {
   "abbr": "DC",
   "name": "District of Columbia",
   "slug": "district-of-columbia",
   "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
   "notice": {
    "value": 30,
    "text": "30-day written notice of intent to file; can't file unless at least $600 is owed (D.C. Code § 42-3505.01)",
    "source_url": "https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/42-3505.01/",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "answer": {
    "value": null,
    "text": "Initial hearing is scheduled at least 35 days after filing",
    "source_url": "https://www.dccourts.gov/sites/default/files/matters-docs/Case-Management-Plan-Landlord-and-Tenant-Branch.pdf",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced-text-only"
   },
   "post_judgment": {
    "value": [
     23,
     45
    ],
    "text": "Wait 48 hours after judgment to file the writ; tenant must get at least 21 days' notice of the eviction date",
    "source_url": "https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/laws/22-245",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "appeal": {
    "value": 30,
    "text": "30 days to appeal to the D.C. Court of Appeals; a stay requires a motion and may require a bond",
    "source_url": "https://www.dccourts.gov/sites/default/files/matters-docs/LTFastTrackHandout.pdf",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "filing_fee": {
    "value": [
     15,
     15
    ],
    "text": "Landlord and Tenant complaint filing fee $15",
    "source_url": "https://www.dccourts.gov/sites/default/files/matters-docs/Case-Management-Plan-Landlord-and-Tenant-Branch.pdf",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "scope": "statewide",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "service_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
   "lockout_fee": {
    "value": [
     213,
     213
    ],
    "text": "Writ of restitution fee $213",
    "source_url": "https://www.dccourts.gov/node/510",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "scope": "statewide",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "right_to_cure": {
    "level": "notice",
    "text": "Can pay in full during the notice period",
    "source_url": "https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/42-3505.01/",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "protections": {
    "rent_control": {
     "value": true,
     "text": "Rent stabilization",
     "source_url": "https://naahq.org/news/state-legislatures-return-rent-control-follows",
     "source_kind": "secondary",
     "status": "secondary"
    },
    "just_cause": {
     "value": true,
     "text": "Evictions only for listed reasons (D.C. Code § 42-3505.01)",
     "source_url": "https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/42-3505.01/",
     "source_kind": "official",
     "status": "sourced"
    },
    "right_to_counsel": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "seasonal": {
     "value": true,
     "text": "No evictions in rain, below 32°F, or above 95°F forecasts",
     "source_url": "https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/42-3505.01/",
     "source_kind": "official",
     "status": "sourced"
    },
    "mediation": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "local_rules": null
   },
   "timeline": {
    "low_weeks": 12.5,
    "typical_weeks": 16.5,
    "high_weeks": 26.5,
    "steps_days": {
     "notice": 30,
     "filing_to_judgment": [
      35,
      50,
      90
     ],
     "judgment_to_lockout": [
      23,
      45
     ]
    },
    "post_judgment_is_default": false,
    "post_judgment_max_is_default": false,
    "method": "EvictionMath model: notice period + filing-to-judgment window + judgment-to-lockout window from the sourced rules; high case adds 21 days for a contested case. Not a court statistic."
   },
   "court_costs": {
    "filing_fee": {
     "range": [
      15,
      15
     ],
     "is_default": false
    },
    "service_fee": {
     "range": [
      30,
      77
     ],
     "is_default": true
    },
    "lockout_fee": {
     "range": [
      213,
      213
     ],
     "is_default": false
    }
   },
   "lawyer_fees": {
    "uncontested": [
     500,
     1500
    ],
    "contested": [
     2000,
     5000
    ],
    "status": "national-estimate"
   },
   "median_rent": {
    "value": 1931,
    "moe": 43,
    "source": "U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year, table B25064 (median gross rent)",
    "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/1YRData/acsdt1y2024-b25064.dat"
   },
   "score": {
    "total": 23,
    "timeline_pts": 0,
    "cure_pts": 14,
    "protection_pts": 9
   },
   "unverified_fields": [
    "service_fee"
   ],
   "legal_fields_sourced": 4,
   "source_notes": "Notice/cure: 30-day written notice of intent to file; can't file unless at least $600 is owed (D.C. Code § 42-3505.01). Legal fields link to statutes or official court pages where we found them; Nolo and legal-aid pages are secondary. Fees vary by county; each fee says where it applies (statewide or the county/court we found). Lawyer fees are national estimates."
  },
  {
   "abbr": "FL",
   "name": "Florida",
   "slug": "florida",
   "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
   "notice": {
    "value": 5,
    "text": "3 days to pay or move, excluding weekends and legal holidays (Fla. Stat. § 83.56(3))",
    "source_url": "http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0000-0099/0083/Sections/0083.56.html",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "secondary_url": "https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-laws-on-termination-for-nonpayment-of-rent.html",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "answer": {
    "value": 7,
    "text": "5 days (excluding weekends/holidays) to answer AND deposit the rent into the court registry, or defenses other than payment are waived",
    "source_url": "https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2026/83.60",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "post_judgment": {
    "value": [
     2,
     7
    ],
    "text": "Sheriff serves the writ of possession; tenant gets 24 hours",
    "source_url": "https://www.floridalawhelp.org/housing/tenants/evictions",
    "source_kind": "secondary",
    "status": "secondary"
   },
   "appeal": {
    "value": 30,
    "text": "30 days from the judgment to file a notice of appeal (Fla. R. App. P. 9.110(b)); in possession cases the tenant must keep paying rent into the registry",
    "source_url": "https://flcourts-media.flcourts.gov/content/download/219033/file/appellate-court-procedures.pdf",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "filing_fee": {
    "value": [
     185,
     185
    ],
    "text": "County court eviction (possession only) $185; summons and sheriff fees extra",
    "source_url": "https://www.myorangeclerk.com/Divisions/Civil/Evictions",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "scope": "statewide",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "service_fee": {
    "value": [
     40,
     40
    ],
    "text": "Sheriff's fee $40 per summons served, set by statute for all counties (Fla. Stat. § 30.231(1)(a))",
    "source_url": "http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0000-0099/0030/Sections/0030.231.html",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "scope": "statewide",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "lockout_fee": {
    "value": [
     40,
     90
    ],
    "text": "Sheriff's statutory fee for a writ: $40, plus $50 for writs requiring a levy or seizure (Fla. Stat. § 30.231(1)(a)-(b)); which applies to a writ of possession is up to the county sheriff",
    "source_url": "http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0000-0099/0030/Sections/0030.231.html",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "scope": "statewide",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "right_to_cure": {
    "level": "notice",
    "text": "Can pay in full during the notice period",
    "source_url": "http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0000-0099/0083/Sections/0083.56.html",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "protections": {
    "rent_control": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "just_cause": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "right_to_counsel": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "seasonal": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "mediation": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "local_rules": null
   },
   "timeline": {
    "low_weeks": 2.5,
    "typical_weeks": 4.5,
    "high_weeks": 11.0,
    "steps_days": {
     "notice": 5,
     "filing_to_judgment": [
      10,
      21,
      45
     ],
     "judgment_to_lockout": [
      2,
      7
     ]
    },
    "post_judgment_is_default": false,
    "post_judgment_max_is_default": false,
    "method": "EvictionMath model: notice period + filing-to-judgment window + judgment-to-lockout window from the sourced rules; high case adds 21 days for a contested case. Not a court statistic."
   },
   "court_costs": {
    "filing_fee": {
     "range": [
      185,
      185
     ],
     "is_default": false
    },
    "service_fee": {
     "range": [
      40,
      40
     ],
     "is_default": false
    },
    "lockout_fee": {
     "range": [
      40,
      90
     ],
     "is_default": false
    }
   },
   "lawyer_fees": {
    "uncontested": [
     500,
     1500
    ],
    "contested": [
     2000,
     5000
    ],
    "status": "national-estimate"
   },
   "median_rent": {
    "value": 1812,
    "moe": 9,
    "source": "U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year, table B25064 (median gross rent)",
    "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/1YRData/acsdt1y2024-b25064.dat"
   },
   "score": {
    "total": 84,
    "timeline_pts": 39.6,
    "cure_pts": 14,
    "protection_pts": 30
   },
   "unverified_fields": [],
   "legal_fields_sourced": 4,
   "source_notes": "Notice/cure: 3 days to pay or move, excluding weekends and legal holidays (Fla. Stat. § 83.56(3)). Legal fields link to statutes or official court pages where we found them; Nolo and legal-aid pages are secondary. Fees vary by county; each fee says where it applies (statewide or the county/court we found). Lawyer fees are national estimates."
  },
  {
   "abbr": "GA",
   "name": "Georgia",
   "slug": "georgia",
   "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
   "notice": {
    "value": 3,
    "text": "3 days' notice (Ga. Code §§ 44-7-50, 44-7-52)",
    "source_url": "https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-laws-on-termination-for-nonpayment-of-rent.html",
    "source_kind": "secondary",
    "status": "secondary"
   },
   "answer": {
    "value": 7,
    "text": "7 days after service to answer; if no answer, landlord can request the writ on day 8",
    "source_url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/georgia/title-44/chapter-7/article-3/section-44-7-51/",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "post_judgment": {
    "value": [
     7,
     null
    ],
    "text": "Writ of possession takes effect 7 days after judgment; the landlord must apply within 30 days (O.C.G.A. § 44-7-55). The sheriff/marshal's scheduling time is not set by statute",
    "source_url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/georgia/title-44/chapter-7/article-3/section-44-7-55/",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "appeal": {
    "value": 7,
    "text": "7 days to appeal; to stay in the unit the tenant must pay the judgment and ongoing rent into the court registry",
    "source_url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/georgia/title-44/chapter-7/article-3/section-44-7-56/",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "filing_fee": {
    "value": [
     75,
     79
    ],
    "text": "Varies by county: Fulton $75 (plus $35 service), Athens-Clarke $79",
    "source_url": "https://magistratefulton.org/156/Filing-Fees",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "scope": "Fulton and Athens-Clarke examples",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "service_fee": {
    "value": [
     35,
     35
    ],
    "text": "Fulton County service $35",
    "source_url": "https://magistratefulton.org/156/Filing-Fees",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "scope": "Fulton County",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "lockout_fee": {
    "value": [
     75,
     88
    ],
    "text": "Writ of possession: Fulton County $75; DeKalb County $13 writ plus $75 marshal eviction fee",
    "source_url": "https://www.magistratefulton.org/DocumentCenter/View/8759/Dispossessory-Checklist",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "scope": "Fulton and DeKalb counties",
    "secondary_url": "https://dekalbcountymagistratecourt.com/about-us/faqs/dispossessories-faqs/",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "right_to_cure": {
    "level": "extended",
    "text": "Tenant may tender rent and costs after the case is filed (limits apply)",
    "source_url": "https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-laws-on-termination-for-nonpayment-of-rent.html",
    "status": "secondary"
   },
   "protections": {
    "rent_control": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "just_cause": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "right_to_counsel": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "seasonal": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "mediation": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "local_rules": null
   },
   "timeline": {
    "low_weeks": 2.5,
    "typical_weeks": 4.0,
    "high_weeks": 9.5,
    "steps_days": {
     "notice": 3,
     "filing_to_judgment": [
      8,
      14,
      30
     ],
     "judgment_to_lockout": [
      7,
      14
     ]
    },
    "post_judgment_is_default": false,
    "post_judgment_max_is_default": true,
    "method": "EvictionMath model: notice period + filing-to-judgment window + judgment-to-lockout window from the sourced rules; high case adds 21 days for a contested case. Not a court statistic."
   },
   "court_costs": {
    "filing_fee": {
     "range": [
      75,
      79
     ],
     "is_default": false
    },
    "service_fee": {
     "range": [
      35,
      35
     ],
     "is_default": false
    },
    "lockout_fee": {
     "range": [
      75,
      88
     ],
     "is_default": false
    }
   },
   "lawyer_fees": {
    "uncontested": [
     500,
     1500
    ],
    "contested": [
     2000,
     5000
    ],
    "status": "national-estimate"
   },
   "median_rent": {
    "value": 1506,
    "moe": 18,
    "source": "U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year, table B25064 (median gross rent)",
    "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/1YRData/acsdt1y2024-b25064.dat"
   },
   "score": {
    "total": 79,
    "timeline_pts": 41.7,
    "cure_pts": 7,
    "protection_pts": 30
   },
   "unverified_fields": [
    "post_judgment_max"
   ],
   "legal_fields_sourced": 4,
   "source_notes": "Notice/cure: 3 days' notice (Ga. Code §§ 44-7-50, 44-7-52). Legal fields link to statutes or official court pages where we found them; Nolo and legal-aid pages are secondary. Fees vary by county; each fee says where it applies (statewide or the county/court we found). Lawyer fees are national estimates."
  },
  {
   "abbr": "HI",
   "name": "Hawaii",
   "slug": "hawaii",
   "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
   "notice": {
    "value": 10,
    "text": "10-day notice; if the tenant schedules mediation within 10 days, the landlord must wait 20 days from notice to file (Haw. Rev. Stat. § 521-68)",
    "source_url": "https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol12_Ch0501-0588/HRS0521/HRS_0521-0068.htm",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "answer": {
    "value": 5,
    "text": "Return date on the summons, generally at least 5 days after service on the same island",
    "source_url": "https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol13_Ch0601-0676/HRS0666/HRS_0666-0006.htm",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "post_judgment": {
    "value": [
     1,
     null
    ],
    "text": "The writ of possession can issue and be executed right after judgment; the usual 10-day stay does not apply (DCRCP 62(a)). Paying rent, interest, costs and fees before it issues gets a stay (HRS § 666-14, kept by DCRCP 62(i)). We found no official day count for the sheriff's execution",
    "source_url": "https://www.courts.state.hi.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/dcrcp_ada.htm",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "appeal": {
    "value": 30,
    "text": "30 days to appeal (HRAP 4); a supersedeas bond is needed to stay the writ",
    "source_url": "https://www.courts.state.hi.us/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/hrap_ada.pdf",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "filing_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
   "service_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
   "lockout_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
   "right_to_cure": {
    "level": "notice",
    "text": "Can pay in full during the notice period",
    "source_url": "https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol12_Ch0501-0588/HRS0521/HRS_0521-0068.htm",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "protections": {
    "rent_control": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "just_cause": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "right_to_counsel": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "seasonal": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "mediation": {
     "value": true,
     "text": "Nonpayment notice must offer mediation; filing waits if mediation is scheduled",
     "source_url": "https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol12_Ch0501-0588/HRS0521/HRS_0521-0068.htm",
     "source_kind": "official",
     "status": "sourced"
    },
    "local_rules": null
   },
   "timeline": {
    "low_weeks": 2.5,
    "typical_weeks": 4.0,
    "high_weeks": 10.0,
    "steps_days": {
     "notice": 10,
     "filing_to_judgment": [
      7,
      14,
      30
     ],
     "judgment_to_lockout": [
      1,
      8
     ]
    },
    "post_judgment_is_default": false,
    "post_judgment_max_is_default": true,
    "method": "EvictionMath model: notice period + filing-to-judgment window + judgment-to-lockout window from the sourced rules; high case adds 21 days for a contested case. Not a court statistic."
   },
   "court_costs": {
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     "range": [
      55,
      175
     ],
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    },
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     "range": [
      30,
      77
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      75,
      180
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    }
   },
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    "uncontested": [
     500,
     1500
    ],
    "contested": [
     2000,
     5000
    ],
    "status": "national-estimate"
   },
   "median_rent": {
    "value": 1942,
    "moe": 36,
    "source": "U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year, table B25064 (median gross rent)",
    "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/1YRData/acsdt1y2024-b25064.dat"
   },
   "score": {
    "total": 82,
    "timeline_pts": 41.7,
    "cure_pts": 14,
    "protection_pts": 26
   },
   "unverified_fields": [
    "filing_fee",
    "service_fee",
    "lockout_fee",
    "post_judgment_max"
   ],
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  },
  {
   "abbr": "ID",
   "name": "Idaho",
   "slug": "idaho",
   "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
   "notice": {
    "value": 3,
    "text": "3 days to pay or move (Idaho Code § 6-303(2))",
    "source_url": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title6/t6ch3/sect6-303/",
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    "secondary_url": "https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-laws-on-termination-for-nonpayment-of-rent.html",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "answer": {
    "value": 5,
    "text": "Expedited nonpayment trial within 12 days of filing; tenant must be served at least 5 days before trial",
    "source_url": "https://isb.idaho.gov/blog/navigating-the-idaho-eviction-processa-guide-for-attorneys-representing-landlords/",
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    "status": "secondary"
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    "value": [
     3,
     7
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    "text": "Tenant gets 72 hours after judgment before the sheriff executes the writ",
    "source_url": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title6/t6ch3/sect6-316/",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "appeal": {
    "value": 42,
    "text": "42 days to file a notice of appeal from magistrate court",
    "source_url": "https://isc.idaho.gov/self-help/deadline-fees",
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    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "filing_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
   "service_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
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   "lockout_fee": {
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    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
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    "level": "notice",
    "text": "Can pay in full during the notice period",
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    "status": "sourced"
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   "protections": {
    "rent_control": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "just_cause": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "right_to_counsel": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "seasonal": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "mediation": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "local_rules": null
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     "notice": 3,
     "filing_to_judgment": [
      7,
      12,
      21
     ],
     "judgment_to_lockout": [
      3,
      7
     ]
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    "post_judgment_is_default": false,
    "post_judgment_max_is_default": false,
    "method": "EvictionMath model: notice period + filing-to-judgment window + judgment-to-lockout window from the sourced rules; high case adds 21 days for a contested case. Not a court statistic."
   },
   "court_costs": {
    "filing_fee": {
     "range": [
      55,
      175
     ],
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    },
    "service_fee": {
     "range": [
      30,
      77
     ],
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    },
    "lockout_fee": {
     "range": [
      75,
      180
     ],
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    }
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   "lawyer_fees": {
    "uncontested": [
     500,
     1500
    ],
    "contested": [
     2000,
     5000
    ],
    "status": "national-estimate"
   },
   "median_rent": {
    "value": 1384,
    "moe": 29,
    "source": "U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year, table B25064 (median gross rent)",
    "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/1YRData/acsdt1y2024-b25064.dat"
   },
   "score": {
    "total": 90,
    "timeline_pts": 45.8,
    "cure_pts": 14,
    "protection_pts": 30
   },
   "unverified_fields": [
    "filing_fee",
    "service_fee",
    "lockout_fee"
   ],
   "legal_fields_sourced": 4,
   "source_notes": "Notice/cure: 3 days to pay or move (Idaho Code § 6-303(2)). Legal fields link to statutes or official court pages where we found them; Nolo and legal-aid pages are secondary. Fees vary by county; each fee says where it applies (statewide or the county/court we found). Lawyer fees are national estimates."
  },
  {
   "abbr": "IL",
   "name": "Illinois",
   "slug": "illinois",
   "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
   "notice": {
    "value": 5,
    "text": "5 days to pay or move (735 ILCS 5/9-209)",
    "source_url": "https://www.ilga.gov/Documents/legislation/ilcs/documents/073500050K9-209.htm",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "secondary_url": "https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-laws-on-termination-for-nonpayment-of-rent.html",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "answer": {
    "value": 7,
    "text": "Summons must be served at least 7 days before the court date; tenant appears on that date",
    "source_url": "https://ilcourtsaudio.blob.core.windows.net/antilles-resources/resources/0654528b-77e3-4e16-831f-bdbd9c6dfb88/EVC_HowtoFileandPresentanEvictionCase.pdf",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "post_judgment": {
    "value": null,
    "text": "Tenant must leave by the date in the eviction order; the sheriff enforces it",
    "source_url": "https://www.cookcountycourtil.gov/case-type/evictions-forcible-entry-detainer",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced-text-only"
   },
   "appeal": {
    "value": 30,
    "text": "30 days to file a notice of appeal; the eviction is stayed only with a court-approved bond (Ill. S. Ct. Rule 305)",
    "source_url": "https://www.illinoiscourts.gov/Resources/7fd0028f-eb63-4c4b-a105-4125c637c450/NoA_Instructions.pdf",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "filing_fee": {
    "value": [
     287,
     388
    ],
    "text": "Cook County Circuit Court: eviction for possession only $287; joint action (possession + rent) $379-$388 depending on the amount claimed",
    "source_url": "https://services.cookcountyclerkofcourt.org/forms/Forms/pdf_files/CCG0603.pdf",
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    "scope": "Cook County",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "service_fee": {
    "value": [
     60,
     95
    ],
    "text": "Cook County Sheriff service: $60 e-filed, $95 in person",
    "source_url": "https://cookcountysheriffil.gov/evictions/eviction-procedure-defendants-guide/",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "scope": "Cook County",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "lockout_fee": {
    "value": [
     65,
     95
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    "source_url": "https://cookcountysheriffil.gov/evictions/eviction-procedure-defendants-guide/",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "scope": "Cook County",
    "status": "sourced"
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    "level": "notice",
    "text": "Can pay in full during the notice period",
    "source_url": "https://www.ilga.gov/Documents/legislation/ilcs/documents/073500050K9-209.htm",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "protections": {
    "rent_control": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "just_cause": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "right_to_counsel": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "seasonal": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "mediation": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "local_rules": null
   },
   "timeline": {
    "low_weeks": 3.5,
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    "steps_days": {
     "notice": 5,
     "filing_to_judgment": [
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      28,
      60
     ],
     "judgment_to_lockout": [
      5,
      14
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    "post_judgment_is_default": true,
    "post_judgment_max_is_default": false,
    "method": "EvictionMath model: notice period + filing-to-judgment window + judgment-to-lockout window from the sourced rules; high case adds 21 days for a contested case. Not a court statistic."
   },
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     "range": [
      287,
      388
     ],
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    },
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      60,
      95
     ],
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    },
    "lockout_fee": {
     "range": [
      65,
      95
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    }
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    "uncontested": [
     500,
     1500
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    "contested": [
     2000,
     5000
    ],
    "status": "national-estimate"
   },
   "median_rent": {
    "value": 1322,
    "moe": 12,
    "source": "U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year, table B25064 (median gross rent)",
    "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/1YRData/acsdt1y2024-b25064.dat"
   },
   "score": {
    "total": 77,
    "timeline_pts": 33.3,
    "cure_pts": 14,
    "protection_pts": 30
   },
   "unverified_fields": [
    "post_judgment_days"
   ],
   "legal_fields_sourced": 4,
   "source_notes": "Notice/cure: 5 days to pay or move (735 ILCS 5/9-209). Legal fields link to statutes or official court pages where we found them; Nolo and legal-aid pages are secondary. Fees vary by county; each fee says where it applies (statewide or the county/court we found). Lawyer fees are national estimates."
  },
  {
   "abbr": "IN",
   "name": "Indiana",
   "slug": "indiana",
   "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
   "notice": {
    "value": 10,
    "text": "10 days to pay or move (Ind. Code § 32-31-1-6)",
    "source_url": "https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-laws-on-termination-for-nonpayment-of-rent.html",
    "source_kind": "secondary",
    "status": "secondary"
   },
   "answer": {
    "value": 10,
    "text": "Notice must be served at least 10 days before the initial hearing; possession is decided first",
    "source_url": "https://www.miamicountyin.gov/DocumentCenter/View/2191/Miami-Superior-Court-II-Small-Claims-EV-Guide-for-Pro-Se-Litigants",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "post_judgment": {
    "value": [
     2,
     30
    ],
    "text": "Sheriff can remove the tenant no earlier than 48 hours after serving the order (IC 32-30-3-10); the order must issue within 30 days of judgment and expires 30 days after issuance (Small Claims Rule 16)",
    "source_url": "https://rules.incourts.gov/Content/small-claims/rule16/current.htm",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "appeal": {
    "value": 30,
    "text": "30 days to appeal to the Court of Appeals",
    "source_url": "https://indianalegalhelp.org/eviction-frequently-asked-questions/",
    "source_kind": "secondary",
    "status": "secondary"
   },
   "filing_fee": {
    "value": [
     87,
     97
    ],
    "text": "Small claims eviction: $87 e-filed, $97 paper (Allen County)",
    "source_url": "https://allencountyclerk.in.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Civil-Cases-Fee-and-Cost-Info-Updated-12-24.pdf",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "scope": "Allen County",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "service_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
   "lockout_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
   "right_to_cure": {
    "level": "notice",
    "text": "Can pay in full during the notice period",
    "source_url": "https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-laws-on-termination-for-nonpayment-of-rent.html",
    "status": "secondary"
   },
   "protections": {
    "rent_control": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "just_cause": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "right_to_counsel": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "seasonal": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "mediation": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "local_rules": null
   },
   "timeline": {
    "low_weeks": 3.0,
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    "steps_days": {
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     "filing_to_judgment": [
      10,
      28,
      45
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     "judgment_to_lockout": [
      2,
      30
     ]
    },
    "post_judgment_is_default": false,
    "post_judgment_max_is_default": false,
    "method": "EvictionMath model: notice period + filing-to-judgment window + judgment-to-lockout window from the sourced rules; high case adds 21 days for a contested case. Not a court statistic."
   },
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     "range": [
      87,
      97
     ],
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    },
    "service_fee": {
     "range": [
      30,
      77
     ],
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    },
    "lockout_fee": {
     "range": [
      75,
      180
     ],
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    }
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     500,
     1500
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    "contested": [
     2000,
     5000
    ],
    "status": "national-estimate"
   },
   "median_rent": {
    "value": 1104,
    "moe": 11,
    "source": "U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year, table B25064 (median gross rent)",
    "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/1YRData/acsdt1y2024-b25064.dat"
   },
   "score": {
    "total": 71,
    "timeline_pts": 27.1,
    "cure_pts": 14,
    "protection_pts": 30
   },
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    "lockout_fee"
   ],
   "legal_fields_sourced": 4,
   "source_notes": "Notice/cure: 10 days to pay or move (Ind. Code § 32-31-1-6). Legal fields link to statutes or official court pages where we found them; Nolo and legal-aid pages are secondary. Fees vary by county; each fee says where it applies (statewide or the county/court we found). Lawyer fees are national estimates."
  },
  {
   "abbr": "IA",
   "name": "Iowa",
   "slug": "iowa",
   "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
   "notice": {
    "value": 3,
    "text": "3 days to pay or move (Iowa Code § 562A.27(2))",
    "source_url": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/562A.27.pdf",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "secondary_url": "https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-laws-on-termination-for-nonpayment-of-rent.html",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "answer": {
    "value": 3,
    "text": "Hearing within 8 days of filing (15 with landlord consent); notice served at least 3 days before",
    "source_url": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/648.html",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "post_judgment": {
    "value": [
     3,
     7
    ],
    "text": "Execution for removal issues within 3 days of judgment",
    "source_url": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/648.22.pdf",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "appeal": {
    "value": 20,
    "text": "20 days to appeal a small claims judgment",
    "source_url": "https://www.iowacourts.gov/for-the-public/representing-yourself/civil-court-fees",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "filing_fee": {
    "value": [
     115,
     215
    ],
    "text": "Small claims FED $115; district court FED $215",
    "source_url": "https://www.iowacourts.gov/for-the-public/representing-yourself/civil-court-fees",
    "source_kind": "official",
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    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "service_fee": {
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   },
   "lockout_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
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    "source_url": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/562A.27.pdf",
    "status": "sourced"
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   "protections": {
    "rent_control": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "just_cause": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "right_to_counsel": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "seasonal": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "mediation": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "local_rules": null
   },
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     "filing_to_judgment": [
      5,
      8,
      15
     ],
     "judgment_to_lockout": [
      3,
      7
     ]
    },
    "post_judgment_is_default": false,
    "post_judgment_max_is_default": false,
    "method": "EvictionMath model: notice period + filing-to-judgment window + judgment-to-lockout window from the sourced rules; high case adds 21 days for a contested case. Not a court statistic."
   },
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    "filing_fee": {
     "range": [
      115,
      215
     ],
     "is_default": false
    },
    "service_fee": {
     "range": [
      30,
      77
     ],
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    },
    "lockout_fee": {
     "range": [
      75,
      180
     ],
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    }
   },
   "lawyer_fees": {
    "uncontested": [
     500,
     1500
    ],
    "contested": [
     2000,
     5000
    ],
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   },
   "median_rent": {
    "value": 981,
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    "source": "U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year, table B25064 (median gross rent)",
    "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/1YRData/acsdt1y2024-b25064.dat"
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   "score": {
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    "protection_pts": 30
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  },
  {
   "abbr": "KS",
   "name": "Kansas",
   "slug": "kansas",
   "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
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    "value": 3,
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    "secondary_url": "https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-laws-on-termination-for-nonpayment-of-rent.html",
    "status": "sourced"
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   "answer": {
    "value": null,
    "text": "Tenant appears on the summons appearance date; trial within 14 days after it",
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     3,
     14
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    "status": "sourced"
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    "status": "sourced"
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     35,
     120
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    "status": "sourced"
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    "status": "unverified"
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     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
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    "just_cause": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "right_to_counsel": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "seasonal": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "mediation": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
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      14,
      28
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      3,
      14
     ]
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     "range": [
      35,
      120
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    },
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      30,
      77
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    },
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      75,
      180
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    }
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     500,
     1500
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    "contested": [
     2000,
     5000
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   },
   "median_rent": {
    "value": 1079,
    "moe": 18,
    "source": "U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year, table B25064 (median gross rent)",
    "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/1YRData/acsdt1y2024-b25064.dat"
   },
   "score": {
    "total": 88,
    "timeline_pts": 43.8,
    "cure_pts": 14,
    "protection_pts": 30
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    "lockout_fee"
   ],
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  },
  {
   "abbr": "KY",
   "name": "Kentucky",
   "slug": "kentucky",
   "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
   "notice": {
    "value": 7,
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    "status": "secondary"
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   "answer": {
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    "status": "sourced"
   },
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     8,
     14
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    "text": "Either side has 7 days to appeal; then the landlord can request a warrant of possession",
    "source_url": "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=35710",
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    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "appeal": {
    "value": 7,
    "text": "7 days to appeal to circuit court",
    "source_url": "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=35710",
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    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "filing_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
   "service_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
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    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
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    "status": "secondary"
   },
   "protections": {
    "rent_control": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "just_cause": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "right_to_counsel": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "seasonal": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "mediation": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "local_rules": "Louisville has a right-to-counsel ordinance."
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      10,
      21
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      8,
      14
     ]
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   },
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     "range": [
      55,
      175
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    },
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     "range": [
      30,
      77
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    },
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      75,
      180
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     500,
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    "contested": [
     2000,
     5000
    ],
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   },
   "median_rent": {
    "value": 998,
    "moe": 19,
    "source": "U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year, table B25064 (median gross rent)",
    "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/1YRData/acsdt1y2024-b25064.dat"
   },
   "score": {
    "total": 86,
    "timeline_pts": 41.7,
    "cure_pts": 14,
    "protection_pts": 30
   },
   "unverified_fields": [
    "filing_fee",
    "service_fee",
    "lockout_fee"
   ],
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  },
  {
   "abbr": "LA",
   "name": "Louisiana",
   "slug": "louisiana",
   "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
   "notice": {
    "value": 5,
    "text": "Unconditional 5-day notice to vacate (can be waived in the lease) (La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 4701)",
    "source_url": "https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-laws-on-termination-for-nonpayment-of-rent.html",
    "source_kind": "secondary",
    "status": "secondary"
   },
   "answer": {
    "value": 3,
    "text": "Rule to show cause is heard no earlier than 3 days after service",
    "source_url": "https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=112079",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "post_judgment": {
    "value": [
     2,
     5
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    "text": "Warrant of possession issues 24 hours after judgment if the tenant remains",
    "source_url": "https://www.brla.gov/DocumentCenter/View/3894/Eviction-Procedure-Guidelines-PDF?bidId=",
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    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "appeal": {
    "value": 1,
    "text": "Suspensive appeal must be filed within 24 hours with a bond and a sworn defense",
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    "status": "sourced"
   },
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    "value": [
     116,
     151
    ],
    "text": "Varies by court; Baton Rouge City Court $120",
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    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "service_fee": {
    "value": null,
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    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
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    "text": "No right to pay and stay once notice is given",
    "source_url": "https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-laws-on-termination-for-nonpayment-of-rent.html",
    "status": "secondary"
   },
   "protections": {
    "rent_control": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "just_cause": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "right_to_counsel": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "seasonal": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "mediation": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
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      7,
      14
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      2,
      5
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    "post_judgment_is_default": false,
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    "method": "EvictionMath model: notice period + filing-to-judgment window + judgment-to-lockout window from the sourced rules; high case adds 21 days for a contested case. Not a court statistic."
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     "range": [
      116,
      151
     ],
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    },
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      30,
      77
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    },
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      75,
      180
     ],
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    }
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     500,
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     2000,
     5000
    ],
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   },
   "median_rent": {
    "value": 1064,
    "moe": 15,
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    "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/1YRData/acsdt1y2024-b25064.dat"
   },
   "score": {
    "total": 100,
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    "protection_pts": 30
   },
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    "lockout_fee"
   ],
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  },
  {
   "abbr": "ME",
   "name": "Maine",
   "slug": "maine",
   "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
   "notice": {
    "value": 7,
    "text": "7-day notice once rent is 7 days late (Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 14, § 6002)",
    "source_url": "https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/14/title14sec6002.html",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "secondary_url": "https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-laws-on-termination-for-nonpayment-of-rent.html",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "answer": {
    "value": 7,
    "text": "Hearing at least 7 days after service (court guidance: 14 days for residential nonpayment)",
    "source_url": "https://www.courts.maine.gov/help/guides/fed-brochure-rev.pdf",
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    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "post_judgment": {
    "value": [
     9,
     14
    ],
    "text": "Writ of possession issues 7 days after judgment; tenant then has 48 hours",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislature.maine.gov/statutes/14/title14sec6005.html",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "appeal": {
    "value": 7,
    "text": "Appeal must be filed before the writ issues",
    "source_url": "https://www.courts.maine.gov/help/eviction/appeal-eviction.html",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "filing_fee": {
    "value": [
     100,
     105
    ],
    "text": "FED filing fee $100 (includes mediation) plus $5 summons per defendant",
    "source_url": "https://www.courts.maine.gov/help/guides/fed-brochure-rev.pdf",
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    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "service_fee": {
    "value": null,
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    "status": "unverified"
   },
   "lockout_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
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    "level": "notice",
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    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "protections": {
    "rent_control": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "just_cause": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "right_to_counsel": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "seasonal": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "mediation": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
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   },
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      10,
      14,
      28
     ],
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      9,
      14
     ]
    },
    "post_judgment_is_default": false,
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   },
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     "range": [
      100,
      105
     ],
     "is_default": false
    },
    "service_fee": {
     "range": [
      30,
      77
     ],
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    },
    "lockout_fee": {
     "range": [
      75,
      180
     ],
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    }
   },
   "lawyer_fees": {
    "uncontested": [
     500,
     1500
    ],
    "contested": [
     2000,
     5000
    ],
    "status": "national-estimate"
   },
   "median_rent": {
    "value": 1210,
    "moe": 30,
    "source": "U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year, table B25064 (median gross rent)",
    "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/1YRData/acsdt1y2024-b25064.dat"
   },
   "score": {
    "total": 84,
    "timeline_pts": 39.6,
    "cure_pts": 14,
    "protection_pts": 30
   },
   "unverified_fields": [
    "service_fee",
    "lockout_fee"
   ],
   "legal_fields_sourced": 4,
   "source_notes": "Notice/cure: 7-day notice once rent is 7 days late (Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 14, § 6002). Legal fields link to statutes or official court pages where we found them; Nolo and legal-aid pages are secondary. Fees vary by county; each fee says where it applies (statewide or the county/court we found). Lawyer fees are national estimates."
  },
  {
   "abbr": "MD",
   "name": "Maryland",
   "slug": "maryland",
   "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
   "notice": {
    "value": 10,
    "text": "10-day notice of intent to file (Md. Code Real Prop. § 8-401)",
    "source_url": "https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Statute_Web/grp/8-401.pdf",
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    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "answer": {
    "value": 5,
    "text": "Trial is set for about the 5th day after filing",
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    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "post_judgment": {
    "value": [
     10,
     30
    ],
    "text": "Warrant of restitution no earlier than 7 business days after judgment; must be requested within 60 days",
    "source_url": "https://www.mdcourts.gov/sites/default/files/court-forms/dccv082br.pdf",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "appeal": {
    "value": 4,
    "text": "4 business days to appeal a District Court failure-to-pay-rent judgment; a bond is needed to stay the eviction",
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    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "filing_fee": {
    "value": [
     55,
     65
    ],
    "text": "$50 plus $5 per tenant outside Baltimore City; $60 plus fees in Baltimore City",
    "source_url": "https://www.mdcourts.gov/sites/default/files/court-forms/dca109.pdf",
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    "scope": "statewide",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
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    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
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    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "protections": {
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     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "just_cause": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "right_to_counsel": {
     "value": true,
     "text": "Statewide access to counsel for income-qualified tenants",
     "source_url": "https://civilrighttocounsel.org/uploaded_files/283/RTC_Enacted_Legislation_in_Eviction_Proceedings_FINAL.pdf",
     "source_kind": "secondary",
     "status": "secondary"
    },
    "seasonal": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "mediation": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "local_rules": "Baltimore has a local right-to-counsel program; some counties and cities have local rent rules."
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    "typical_weeks": 6.5,
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     "filing_to_judgment": [
      5,
      14,
      30
     ],
     "judgment_to_lockout": [
      10,
      30
     ]
    },
    "post_judgment_is_default": false,
    "post_judgment_max_is_default": false,
    "method": "EvictionMath model: notice period + filing-to-judgment window + judgment-to-lockout window from the sourced rules; high case adds 21 days for a contested case. Not a court statistic."
   },
   "court_costs": {
    "filing_fee": {
     "range": [
      55,
      65
     ],
     "is_default": false
    },
    "service_fee": {
     "range": [
      30,
      77
     ],
     "is_default": true
    },
    "lockout_fee": {
     "range": [
      75,
      180
     ],
     "is_default": true
    }
   },
   "lawyer_fees": {
    "uncontested": [
     500,
     1500
    ],
    "contested": [
     2000,
     5000
    ],
    "status": "national-estimate"
   },
   "median_rent": {
    "value": 1721,
    "moe": 14,
    "source": "U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year, table B25064 (median gross rent)",
    "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/1YRData/acsdt1y2024-b25064.dat"
   },
   "score": {
    "total": 59,
    "timeline_pts": 31.2,
    "cure_pts": 3,
    "protection_pts": 25
   },
   "unverified_fields": [
    "service_fee",
    "lockout_fee"
   ],
   "legal_fields_sourced": 4,
   "source_notes": "Notice/cure: 10-day notice of intent to file (Md. Code Real Prop. § 8-401). Legal fields link to statutes or official court pages where we found them; Nolo and legal-aid pages are secondary. Fees vary by county; each fee says where it applies (statewide or the county/court we found). Lawyer fees are national estimates."
  },
  {
   "abbr": "MA",
   "name": "Massachusetts",
   "slug": "massachusetts",
   "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
   "notice": {
    "value": 14,
    "text": "14-day notice to quit; tenant can cure by paying rent and costs by the answer date (Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186 § 11)",
    "source_url": "https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartII/TitleI/Chapter186/Section11",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "secondary_url": "https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-laws-on-termination-for-nonpayment-of-rent.html",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "answer": {
    "value": null,
    "text": "Answer is due on the date in the summons; trial is ordinarily the second Thursday after the Monday entry date",
    "source_url": "https://www.mass.gov/trial-court-rules/uniform-summary-process-rule-2-form-of-summons-and-complaint-entry-of-action-scheduling-of-trial-date-service-of-process",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced-text-only"
   },
   "post_judgment": {
    "value": [
     12,
     21
    ],
    "text": "Execution can issue only after the 10-day appeal period; 48 hours' written notice before the move-out",
    "source_url": "https://www.mass.gov/trial-court-rules/uniform-summary-process-rule-13-execution",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "appeal": {
    "value": 10,
    "text": "10 days to appeal after judgment",
    "source_url": "https://www.mass.gov/trial-court-rules/uniform-summary-process-rule-13-execution",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "filing_fee": {
    "value": [
     135,
     135
    ],
    "text": "Summary process entry fee $135 ($120 + $15 surcharge)",
    "source_url": "https://www.mass.gov/info-details/housing-court-filing-fees",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "scope": "statewide",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "service_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
   "lockout_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
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   "right_to_cure": {
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    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "protections": {
    "rent_control": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "just_cause": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "right_to_counsel": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "seasonal": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "mediation": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "local_rules": null
   },
   "timeline": {
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    "steps_days": {
     "notice": 14,
     "filing_to_judgment": [
      14,
      28,
      60
     ],
     "judgment_to_lockout": [
      12,
      21
     ]
    },
    "post_judgment_is_default": false,
    "post_judgment_max_is_default": false,
    "method": "EvictionMath model: notice period + filing-to-judgment window + judgment-to-lockout window from the sourced rules; high case adds 21 days for a contested case. Not a court statistic."
   },
   "court_costs": {
    "filing_fee": {
     "range": [
      135,
      135
     ],
     "is_default": false
    },
    "service_fee": {
     "range": [
      30,
      77
     ],
     "is_default": true
    },
    "lockout_fee": {
     "range": [
      75,
      180
     ],
     "is_default": true
    }
   },
   "lawyer_fees": {
    "uncontested": [
     500,
     1500
    ],
    "contested": [
     2000,
     5000
    ],
    "status": "national-estimate"
   },
   "median_rent": {
    "value": 1848,
    "moe": 24,
    "source": "U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year, table B25064 (median gross rent)",
    "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/1YRData/acsdt1y2024-b25064.dat"
   },
   "score": {
    "total": 60,
    "timeline_pts": 22.9,
    "cure_pts": 7,
    "protection_pts": 30
   },
   "unverified_fields": [
    "service_fee",
    "lockout_fee"
   ],
   "legal_fields_sourced": 4,
   "source_notes": "Notice/cure: 14-day notice to quit; tenant can cure by paying rent and costs by the answer date (Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186 § 11). Legal fields link to statutes or official court pages where we found them; Nolo and legal-aid pages are secondary. Fees vary by county; each fee says where it applies (statewide or the county/court we found). Lawyer fees are national estimates."
  },
  {
   "abbr": "MI",
   "name": "Michigan",
   "slug": "michigan",
   "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
   "notice": {
    "value": 7,
    "text": "7-day demand for possession (Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.134(2))",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-554-134",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "secondary_url": "https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-laws-on-termination-for-nonpayment-of-rent.html",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "answer": {
    "value": null,
    "text": "Hearing is generally set within 10 days of the summons",
    "source_url": "https://www.courts.michigan.gov/49b89a/siteassets/educational-materials/mji/court-professional/videos-and-webinars/2014-2015/district-court-case-processing-summary-proceedings-material.pdf",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced-text-only"
   },
   "post_judgment": {
    "value": [
     10,
     14
    ],
    "text": "Order of eviction can issue 10 days after judgment",
    "source_url": "https://www.courts.michigan.gov/49b89a/siteassets/educational-materials/mji/court-professional/videos-and-webinars/2014-2015/district-court-case-processing-summary-proceedings-material.pdf",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "appeal": {
    "value": 10,
    "text": "10 days to appeal to circuit court; bond/escrow stays proceedings",
    "source_url": "https://www.courts.michigan.gov/49d8e4/siteassets/publications/benchbooks/appeals-opinions/appealsopinionsresponsivehtml5.zip/Appeals_Opinions/Ch_2_Circuit_Court_Appeals/Appeals_of_Summary_Proceedings.htm",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "filing_fee": {
    "value": [
     55,
     215
    ],
    "text": "Possession only $55; possession + money $90-$215 by amount (47th District example)",
    "source_url": "https://www.fhgov.com/media/sagpmagi/landlord-tenant-filing-guidelines-nov-2025-ada.pdf",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "scope": "47th District Court example",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "service_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
   "lockout_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
   "right_to_cure": {
    "level": "lockout",
    "text": "In nonpayment cases, paying the judgment and costs before the order of eviction is executed stops it",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-554-134",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "protections": {
    "rent_control": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "just_cause": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "right_to_counsel": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "seasonal": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "mediation": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "local_rules": "Detroit has a right-to-counsel ordinance."
   },
   "timeline": {
    "low_weeks": 3.5,
    "typical_weeks": 4.0,
    "high_weeks": 9.0,
    "steps_days": {
     "notice": 7,
     "filing_to_judgment": [
      7,
      10,
      21
     ],
     "judgment_to_lockout": [
      10,
      14
     ]
    },
    "post_judgment_is_default": false,
    "post_judgment_max_is_default": false,
    "method": "EvictionMath model: notice period + filing-to-judgment window + judgment-to-lockout window from the sourced rules; high case adds 21 days for a contested case. Not a court statistic."
   },
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    "filing_fee": {
     "range": [
      55,
      215
     ],
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    },
    "service_fee": {
     "range": [
      30,
      77
     ],
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    },
    "lockout_fee": {
     "range": [
      75,
      180
     ],
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    }
   },
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    "uncontested": [
     500,
     1500
    ],
    "contested": [
     2000,
     5000
    ],
    "status": "national-estimate"
   },
   "median_rent": {
    "value": 1168,
    "moe": 11,
    "source": "U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year, table B25064 (median gross rent)",
    "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/1YRData/acsdt1y2024-b25064.dat"
   },
   "score": {
    "total": 75,
    "timeline_pts": 41.7,
    "cure_pts": 3,
    "protection_pts": 30
   },
   "unverified_fields": [
    "service_fee",
    "lockout_fee"
   ],
   "legal_fields_sourced": 4,
   "source_notes": "Notice/cure: 7-day demand for possession (Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.134(2)). Legal fields link to statutes or official court pages where we found them; Nolo and legal-aid pages are secondary. Fees vary by county; each fee says where it applies (statewide or the county/court we found). Lawyer fees are national estimates."
  },
  {
   "abbr": "MN",
   "name": "Minnesota",
   "slug": "minnesota",
   "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
   "notice": {
    "value": 14,
    "text": "14 days' notice (Minn. Stat. §§ 504B.321, 504B.291)",
    "source_url": "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/504B.321",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "secondary_url": "https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-laws-on-termination-for-nonpayment-of-rent.html",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "answer": {
    "value": null,
    "text": "Hearing 7-14 days after the summons is issued",
    "source_url": "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/2025/cite/504B.321",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced-text-only"
   },
   "post_judgment": {
    "value": [
     3,
     10
    ],
    "text": "Writ of recovery may be stayed up to 7 days",
    "source_url": "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/504B.345",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "appeal": {
    "value": 15,
    "text": "15 days to appeal after judgment",
    "source_url": "https://mncourts.gov/courtofappeals/coahelptopics/eviction-appeal",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "filing_fee": {
    "value": [
     310,
     322
    ],
    "text": "$310 plus county law library fee (Hennepin total $322)",
    "source_url": "https://www.mncourts.gov/fees",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "scope": "statewide base; county law-library fee varies",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "service_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
   "lockout_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
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    "source_kind": null,
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   },
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    "level": "extended",
    "text": "Tenant can redeem by paying rent, fees and costs before the hearing ends (Minn. Stat. § 504B.291)",
    "source_url": "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/504B.321",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "protections": {
    "rent_control": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "just_cause": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "right_to_counsel": {
     "value": true,
     "text": "Statewide right to counsel (scope limited; enacted 2023)",
     "source_url": "https://civilrighttocounsel.org/uploaded_files/283/RTC_Enacted_Legislation_in_Eviction_Proceedings_FINAL.pdf",
     "source_kind": "secondary",
     "status": "secondary"
    },
    "seasonal": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "mediation": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "local_rules": "Minneapolis has a local right-to-counsel program."
   },
   "timeline": {
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    "high_weeks": 8.5,
    "steps_days": {
     "notice": 14,
     "filing_to_judgment": [
      7,
      10,
      14
     ],
     "judgment_to_lockout": [
      3,
      10
     ]
    },
    "post_judgment_is_default": false,
    "post_judgment_max_is_default": false,
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   },
   "court_costs": {
    "filing_fee": {
     "range": [
      310,
      322
     ],
     "is_default": false
    },
    "service_fee": {
     "range": [
      30,
      77
     ],
     "is_default": true
    },
    "lockout_fee": {
     "range": [
      75,
      180
     ],
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    }
   },
   "lawyer_fees": {
    "uncontested": [
     500,
     1500
    ],
    "contested": [
     2000,
     5000
    ],
    "status": "national-estimate"
   },
   "median_rent": {
    "value": 1291,
    "moe": 17,
    "source": "U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year, table B25064 (median gross rent)",
    "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/1YRData/acsdt1y2024-b25064.dat"
   },
   "score": {
    "total": 72,
    "timeline_pts": 39.6,
    "cure_pts": 7,
    "protection_pts": 25
   },
   "unverified_fields": [
    "service_fee",
    "lockout_fee"
   ],
   "legal_fields_sourced": 4,
   "source_notes": "Notice/cure: 14 days' notice (Minn. Stat. §§ 504B.321, 504B.291). Legal fields link to statutes or official court pages where we found them; Nolo and legal-aid pages are secondary. Fees vary by county; each fee says where it applies (statewide or the county/court we found). Lawyer fees are national estimates."
  },
  {
   "abbr": "MS",
   "name": "Mississippi",
   "slug": "mississippi",
   "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
   "notice": {
    "value": 3,
    "text": "3 days to pay or move (Miss. Code § 89-8-13)",
    "source_url": "https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-laws-on-termination-for-nonpayment-of-rent.html",
    "source_kind": "secondary",
    "status": "secondary"
   },
   "answer": {
    "value": 5,
    "text": "Hearing at least 5 days after service",
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     7,
     10
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     85,
     85
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     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
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     "value": false,
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     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "right_to_counsel": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "seasonal": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "mediation": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
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      5,
      10,
      21
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      7,
      10
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     "range": [
      85,
      85
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    },
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     "range": [
      30,
      77
     ],
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    },
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     "range": [
      75,
      180
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    }
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     500,
     1500
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    "contested": [
     2000,
     5000
    ],
    "status": "national-estimate"
   },
   "median_rent": {
    "value": 990,
    "moe": 15,
    "source": "U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year, table B25064 (median gross rent)",
    "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/1YRData/acsdt1y2024-b25064.dat"
   },
   "score": {
    "total": 90,
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  },
  {
   "abbr": "MO",
   "name": "Missouri",
   "slug": "missouri",
   "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
   "notice": {
    "value": 0,
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    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "answer": {
    "value": 4,
    "text": "Court date at least 4 days after service and generally within 21 business days of the summons",
    "source_url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/missouri/title-xxxvi/chapter-535/section-535-030/",
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    "status": "sourced"
   },
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    "value": [
     10,
     21
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    "text": "10 days to set aside or seek a new trial before the judgment is final",
    "source_url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/missouri/title-xxxvi/chapter-535/section-535-030/",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "appeal": {
    "value": 10,
    "text": "Trial de novo/appeal does not stay execution unless the tenant posts bond within 10 days",
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    "status": "sourced"
   },
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    "value": [
     48.5,
     53.5
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    "source_url": "https://stlcountycourts.com/sites/default/assets/pdfs/CCOPR101-WS---Schedule-of-Deposit-and-Fees.pdf",
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     "value": false,
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     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
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    "just_cause": {
     "value": false,
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     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "right_to_counsel": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "seasonal": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
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    "mediation": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
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     "status": "checked-none"
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      14,
      30
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      10,
      21
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      48.5,
      53.5
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     "range": [
      30,
      77
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    },
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      75,
      180
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     500,
     1500
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    "contested": [
     2000,
     5000
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   },
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    "value": 1067,
    "moe": 14,
    "source": "U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year, table B25064 (median gross rent)",
    "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/1YRData/acsdt1y2024-b25064.dat"
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    "lockout_fee"
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  },
  {
   "abbr": "MT",
   "name": "Montana",
   "slug": "montana",
   "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
   "notice": {
    "value": 3,
    "text": "3 days to pay or move (Mont. Code § 70-24-422(2))",
    "source_url": "https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0700/chapter_0240/part_0040/section_0220/0700-0240-0040-0220.html",
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    "secondary_url": "https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-laws-on-termination-for-nonpayment-of-rent.html",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "answer": {
    "value": 7,
    "text": "5 business days after service to answer; hearing within 10 business days of the answer",
    "source_url": "https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0700/chapter_0240/part_0040/section_0290/0700-0240-0040-0290.html",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
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    "value": [
     1,
     7
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    "text": "Writ issues immediately; sheriff executes within 5 business days of receipt",
    "source_url": "https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/2024/mca/title_0700/chapter_0240/part_0040/section_0270/0700-0240-0040-0270.html",
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    "status": "sourced"
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   "appeal": {
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    "text": "30 days to appeal a justice or city court judgment to district court (MCA 25-33-102)",
    "source_url": "https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0250/chapter_0330/part_0010/section_0020/0250-0330-0010-0020.html",
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     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
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    "just_cause": {
     "value": false,
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     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
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    },
    "right_to_counsel": {
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     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
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    "seasonal": {
     "value": false,
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     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "mediation": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
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    },
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      21
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      7
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     2000,
     5000
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   "median_rent": {
    "value": 1177,
    "moe": 42,
    "source": "U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year, table B25064 (median gross rent)",
    "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/1YRData/acsdt1y2024-b25064.dat"
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   "score": {
    "total": 90,
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    "lockout_fee"
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  },
  {
   "abbr": "NE",
   "name": "Nebraska",
   "slug": "nebraska",
   "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
   "notice": {
    "value": 7,
    "text": "7 days to pay or move (Neb. Rev. Stat. § 76-1431(2))",
    "source_url": "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=76-1431",
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   "answer": {
    "value": null,
    "text": "Trial 10-14 days after the summons is issued",
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    "status": "sourced-text-only"
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     1,
     10
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    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "appeal": {
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   },
   "filing_fee": {
    "value": [
     52,
     52
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    "text": "County court civil filing fee $52 (from July 1, 2025)",
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     "value": false,
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     "source_url": null,
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    },
    "just_cause": {
     "value": false,
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     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
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    "right_to_counsel": {
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     "value": false,
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     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
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    "mediation": {
     "value": false,
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     "source_url": null,
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    },
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      12,
      14
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      10
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      52,
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      75,
      180
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     1500
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     2000,
     5000
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   "median_rent": {
    "value": 1102,
    "moe": 17,
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    "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/1YRData/acsdt1y2024-b25064.dat"
   },
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    "total": 83,
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  },
  {
   "abbr": "NV",
   "name": "Nevada",
   "slug": "nevada",
   "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
   "notice": {
    "value": 9,
    "text": "7 judicial days to pay, move, or file a tenant's affidavit (Nev. Rev. Stat. §§ 40.2512, 40.253)",
    "source_url": "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-040.html#NRS040Sec253",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "secondary_url": "https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-laws-on-termination-for-nonpayment-of-rent.html",
    "status": "sourced"
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   "answer": {
    "value": null,
    "text": "Summary eviction: no hearing unless the tenant files an affidavit within the notice period",
    "source_url": "https://nevadalegalservices.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/NonPayment-of-Rent-Fact-Sheet-2026.pdf",
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    "value": [
     1,
     3
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    "text": "Removal 24-36 hours after the order is posted",
    "source_url": "https://www.clarkcountynv.gov/government/departments/constable/constable_las_vegas_township/services/eviction-process",
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    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "appeal": {
    "value": 10,
    "text": "10 judicial days to appeal; a $250 cost bond stays the eviction and the tenant must keep paying rent (NRS 40.385; Nevada court self-help instructions)",
    "source_url": "https://nvcourts.gov/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/23627/landlord-tenant_-_apts_-_instructions_for_forms_31-36.pdf",
    "source_kind": "official",
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    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "filing_fee": {
    "value": [
     71,
     71
    ],
    "text": "Las Vegas Justice Court summary eviction $71",
    "source_url": "https://www.lasvegasjusticecourt.us/new_page/fees.php",
    "source_kind": "official",
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    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "service_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
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    "value": [
     75,
     75
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    "text": "Las Vegas Justice Court writ of restitution $75",
    "source_url": "https://www.lasvegasjusticecourt.us/new_page/fees.php",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "scope": "Las Vegas Justice Court",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "right_to_cure": {
    "level": "notice",
    "text": "Can pay in full during the notice period",
    "source_url": "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-040.html#NRS040Sec253",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "protections": {
    "rent_control": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "just_cause": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "right_to_counsel": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "seasonal": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "mediation": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "local_rules": null
   },
   "timeline": {
    "low_weeks": 1.5,
    "typical_weeks": 2.5,
    "high_weeks": 7.5,
    "steps_days": {
     "notice": 9,
     "filing_to_judgment": [
      2,
      7,
      21
     ],
     "judgment_to_lockout": [
      1,
      3
     ]
    },
    "post_judgment_is_default": false,
    "post_judgment_max_is_default": false,
    "method": "EvictionMath model: notice period + filing-to-judgment window + judgment-to-lockout window from the sourced rules; high case adds 21 days for a contested case. Not a court statistic."
   },
   "court_costs": {
    "filing_fee": {
     "range": [
      71,
      71
     ],
     "is_default": false
    },
    "service_fee": {
     "range": [
      30,
      77
     ],
     "is_default": true
    },
    "lockout_fee": {
     "range": [
      75,
      75
     ],
     "is_default": false
    }
   },
   "lawyer_fees": {
    "uncontested": [
     500,
     1500
    ],
    "contested": [
     2000,
     5000
    ],
    "status": "national-estimate"
   },
   "median_rent": {
    "value": 1709,
    "moe": 16,
    "source": "U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year, table B25064 (median gross rent)",
    "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/1YRData/acsdt1y2024-b25064.dat"
   },
   "score": {
    "total": 92,
    "timeline_pts": 47.9,
    "cure_pts": 14,
    "protection_pts": 30
   },
   "unverified_fields": [
    "service_fee"
   ],
   "legal_fields_sourced": 4,
   "source_notes": "Notice/cure: 7 judicial days to pay, move, or file a tenant's affidavit (Nev. Rev. Stat. §§ 40.2512, 40.253). Legal fields link to statutes or official court pages where we found them; Nolo and legal-aid pages are secondary. Fees vary by county; each fee says where it applies (statewide or the county/court we found). Lawyer fees are national estimates."
  },
  {
   "abbr": "NH",
   "name": "New Hampshire",
   "slug": "new-hampshire",
   "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
   "notice": {
    "value": 7,
    "text": "7 days' notice; tenant can pay rent, fees and $15 to dismiss before the hearing up to 3 times a year (N.H. Rev. Stat. §§ 540:2, 540:3, 540:9)",
    "source_url": "https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/LV/540/540-3.htm",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "secondary_url": "https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-laws-on-termination-for-nonpayment-of-rent.html",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "answer": {
    "value": 7,
    "text": "Appearance due by the return day, 7 days after service; hearing within 10 days after",
    "source_url": "https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/lv/540/540-13.htm",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "post_judgment": {
    "value": [
     7,
     null
    ],
    "text": "Writ of possession can't issue until 7 days after notice of the judgment (Circuit Court District Division Rule 5.7); sheriff scheduling time is not set by rule",
    "source_url": "https://www.courts.nh.gov/rules-circuit-court-state-new-hampshire-district-division/landlord-and-tenant-actions/rule-57-writ",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "appeal": {
    "value": 7,
    "text": "7 days to file notice of intent to appeal; rent must be paid during the appeal",
    "source_url": "https://www.courts.nh.gov/rules-circuit-court-state-new-hampshire-district-division/landlord-and-tenant-actions/rule-510-post",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "filing_fee": {
    "value": [
     150,
     150
    ],
    "text": "Landlord/tenant filing fee $150",
    "source_url": "https://www.courts.nh.gov/our-courts/circuit-court/district-division/landlordtenant",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "scope": "statewide",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "service_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
   "lockout_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
   "right_to_cure": {
    "level": "extended",
    "text": "Tenant can pay all rent, costs and $15 before the hearing (max 3 times in 12 months)",
    "source_url": "https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/LV/540/540-3.htm",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "protections": {
    "rent_control": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "just_cause": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "right_to_counsel": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "seasonal": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "mediation": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "local_rules": null
   },
   "timeline": {
    "low_weeks": 3.5,
    "typical_weeks": 5.0,
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    "steps_days": {
     "notice": 7,
     "filing_to_judgment": [
      10,
      17,
      30
     ],
     "judgment_to_lockout": [
      7,
      14
     ]
    },
    "post_judgment_is_default": false,
    "post_judgment_max_is_default": true,
    "method": "EvictionMath model: notice period + filing-to-judgment window + judgment-to-lockout window from the sourced rules; high case adds 21 days for a contested case. Not a court statistic."
   },
   "court_costs": {
    "filing_fee": {
     "range": [
      150,
      150
     ],
     "is_default": false
    },
    "service_fee": {
     "range": [
      30,
      77
     ],
     "is_default": true
    },
    "lockout_fee": {
     "range": [
      75,
      180
     ],
     "is_default": true
    }
   },
   "lawyer_fees": {
    "uncontested": [
     500,
     1500
    ],
    "contested": [
     2000,
     5000
    ],
    "status": "national-estimate"
   },
   "median_rent": {
    "value": 1558,
    "moe": 46,
    "source": "U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year, table B25064 (median gross rent)",
    "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/1YRData/acsdt1y2024-b25064.dat"
   },
   "score": {
    "total": 74,
    "timeline_pts": 37.5,
    "cure_pts": 7,
    "protection_pts": 30
   },
   "unverified_fields": [
    "service_fee",
    "lockout_fee",
    "post_judgment_max"
   ],
   "legal_fields_sourced": 4,
   "source_notes": "Notice/cure: 7 days' notice; tenant can pay rent, fees and $15 to dismiss before the hearing up to 3 times a year (N.H. Rev. Stat. §§ 540:2, 540:3, 540:9). Legal fields link to statutes or official court pages where we found them; Nolo and legal-aid pages are secondary. Fees vary by county; each fee says where it applies (statewide or the county/court we found). Lawyer fees are national estimates."
  },
  {
   "abbr": "NJ",
   "name": "New Jersey",
   "slug": "new-jersey",
   "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
   "notice": {
    "value": 0,
    "text": "No pay-or-quit notice needed for nonpayment; landlord can file right away (N.J. Stat. § 2A:18-61.1)",
    "source_url": "https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-laws-on-termination-for-nonpayment-of-rent.html",
    "source_kind": "secondary",
    "status": "secondary"
   },
   "answer": {
    "value": null,
    "text": "No written answer is required; the tenant comes to the trial date on the summons",
    "source_url": "https://www.njcourts.gov/sites/default/files/forms/10288_info_tenants.pdf",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced-text-only"
   },
   "post_judgment": {
    "value": [
     8,
     21
    ],
    "text": "Warrant of removal only after 3 business days; officer then gives 3 business days to move",
    "source_url": "https://www.njcourts.gov/faq/what-happens-if-landlord-obtains-a-judgment-possession",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "appeal": {
    "value": 45,
    "text": "45 days to appeal to the Appellate Division",
    "source_url": "https://www.njcourts.gov/self-help/appeals/guide",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "filing_fee": {
    "value": [
     50,
     57
    ],
    "text": "$50 for one tenant, $5 per extra tenant, plus $7 service",
    "source_url": "https://www.njcourts.gov/sites/default/files/forms/11483_landlord_tenant_faq.pdf",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "scope": "statewide",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "service_fee": {
    "value": [
     7,
     7
    ],
    "text": "Court officer service $7",
    "source_url": "https://www.njcourts.gov/sites/default/files/forms/11483_landlord_tenant_faq.pdf",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "scope": "statewide",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "lockout_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
   "right_to_cure": {
    "level": "after",
    "text": "Tenant can pay all rent due up to 3 days after the lockout and have the case dismissed",
    "source_url": "https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-laws-on-termination-for-nonpayment-of-rent.html",
    "status": "secondary"
   },
   "protections": {
    "rent_control": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "just_cause": {
     "value": true,
     "text": "Anti-Eviction Act: good cause required (some owner-occupied 2-3 unit buildings exempt)",
     "source_url": "https://www.nj.gov/dca/codes/publications/pdf_lti/grnds_for_evicti_bulltin.pdf",
     "source_kind": "official",
     "status": "sourced"
    },
    "right_to_counsel": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "seasonal": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "mediation": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "local_rules": "About 100 municipalities have local rent control (Newark, Jersey City, Hoboken)."
   },
   "timeline": {
    "low_weeks": 4.0,
    "typical_weeks": 7.0,
    "high_weeks": 14.5,
    "steps_days": {
     "notice": 0,
     "filing_to_judgment": [
      21,
      35,
      60
     ],
     "judgment_to_lockout": [
      8,
      21
     ]
    },
    "post_judgment_is_default": false,
    "post_judgment_max_is_default": false,
    "method": "EvictionMath model: notice period + filing-to-judgment window + judgment-to-lockout window from the sourced rules; high case adds 21 days for a contested case. Not a court statistic."
   },
   "court_costs": {
    "filing_fee": {
     "range": [
      50,
      57
     ],
     "is_default": false
    },
    "service_fee": {
     "range": [
      7,
      7
     ],
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    },
    "lockout_fee": {
     "range": [
      75,
      180
     ],
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    }
   },
   "lawyer_fees": {
    "uncontested": [
     500,
     1500
    ],
    "contested": [
     2000,
     5000
    ],
    "status": "national-estimate"
   },
   "median_rent": {
    "value": 1800,
    "moe": 15,
    "source": "U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year, table B25064 (median gross rent)",
    "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/1YRData/acsdt1y2024-b25064.dat"
   },
   "score": {
    "total": 49,
    "timeline_pts": 29.2,
    "cure_pts": 0,
    "protection_pts": 20
   },
   "unverified_fields": [
    "lockout_fee"
   ],
   "legal_fields_sourced": 4,
   "source_notes": "Notice/cure: No pay-or-quit notice needed for nonpayment; landlord can file right away (N.J. Stat. § 2A:18-61.1). Legal fields link to statutes or official court pages where we found them; Nolo and legal-aid pages are secondary. Fees vary by county; each fee says where it applies (statewide or the county/court we found). Lawyer fees are national estimates."
  },
  {
   "abbr": "NM",
   "name": "New Mexico",
   "slug": "new-mexico",
   "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
   "notice": {
    "value": 3,
    "text": "3 days to pay or move (N.M. Stat. § 47-8-33(D))",
    "source_url": "https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-laws-on-termination-for-nonpayment-of-rent.html",
    "source_kind": "secondary",
    "status": "secondary"
   },
   "answer": {
    "value": 7,
    "text": "Trial 7-10 days after service; tenant served at least 7 days before trial (Bernalillo Metro Court)",
    "source_url": "https://metro.nmcourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/47/2024/10/SH-109-Landlords-Process-for-Evicting-a-Tenant_Website-FINAL-9-2024.pdf",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "post_judgment": {
    "value": [
     3,
     7
    ],
    "text": "Eviction date 3-7 days after judgment",
    "source_url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/new-mexico/chapter-47/article-8/section-47-8-46/",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "appeal": {
    "value": 15,
    "text": "15 days to appeal; staying the eviction requires paying rent into escrow",
    "source_url": "https://metro.nmcourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/47/2026/04/SH106-Appeal-Pamphlet_website-4-6-26.pdf",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "filing_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
   "service_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
   "lockout_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
   "right_to_cure": {
    "level": "notice",
    "text": "Can pay in full during the notice period",
    "source_url": "https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-laws-on-termination-for-nonpayment-of-rent.html",
    "status": "secondary"
   },
   "protections": {
    "rent_control": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "just_cause": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "right_to_counsel": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "seasonal": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "mediation": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "local_rules": null
   },
   "timeline": {
    "low_weeks": 2.5,
    "typical_weeks": 3.0,
    "high_weeks": 7.5,
    "steps_days": {
     "notice": 3,
     "filing_to_judgment": [
      10,
      14,
      21
     ],
     "judgment_to_lockout": [
      3,
      7
     ]
    },
    "post_judgment_is_default": false,
    "post_judgment_max_is_default": false,
    "method": "EvictionMath model: notice period + filing-to-judgment window + judgment-to-lockout window from the sourced rules; high case adds 21 days for a contested case. Not a court statistic."
   },
   "court_costs": {
    "filing_fee": {
     "range": [
      55,
      175
     ],
     "is_default": true
    },
    "service_fee": {
     "range": [
      30,
      77
     ],
     "is_default": true
    },
    "lockout_fee": {
     "range": [
      75,
      180
     ],
     "is_default": true
    }
   },
   "lawyer_fees": {
    "uncontested": [
     500,
     1500
    ],
    "contested": [
     2000,
     5000
    ],
    "status": "national-estimate"
   },
   "median_rent": {
    "value": 1117,
    "moe": 25,
    "source": "U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year, table B25064 (median gross rent)",
    "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/1YRData/acsdt1y2024-b25064.dat"
   },
   "score": {
    "total": 90,
    "timeline_pts": 45.8,
    "cure_pts": 14,
    "protection_pts": 30
   },
   "unverified_fields": [
    "filing_fee",
    "service_fee",
    "lockout_fee"
   ],
   "legal_fields_sourced": 4,
   "source_notes": "Notice/cure: 3 days to pay or move (N.M. Stat. § 47-8-33(D)). Legal fields link to statutes or official court pages where we found them; Nolo and legal-aid pages are secondary. Fees vary by county; each fee says where it applies (statewide or the county/court we found). Lawyer fees are national estimates."
  },
  {
   "abbr": "NY",
   "name": "New York",
   "slug": "new-york",
   "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
   "notice": {
    "value": 14,
    "text": "14-day rent demand (N.Y. Real Prop. Acts. Law § 711(2))",
    "source_url": "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/RPA/711",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "secondary_url": "https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-laws-on-termination-for-nonpayment-of-rent.html",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "answer": {
    "value": 10,
    "text": "Petition served 10-17 days before the court date; answer about 10 days after service",
    "source_url": "https://www.nycourts.gov/legacyPDFS/FORMS/landlordtenant/LandlordGuide-NonpaymentEviction.pdf",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "post_judgment": {
    "value": [
     15,
     30
    ],
    "text": "Marshal or sheriff must give at least 14 days' written notice before executing the warrant",
    "source_url": "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/RPA/749",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "appeal": {
    "value": 30,
    "text": "NYC Housing Court: 30 days after service of the judgment with notice of entry; the eviction is not stayed without an undertaking or court order",
    "source_url": "https://nycourts.gov/COURTS/nyc/housing/appeals2.shtml",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "filing_fee": {
    "value": [
     45,
     45
    ],
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    "source_url": "https://nycourts.gov/COURTS/nyc/housing/fees.shtml",
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    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "service_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
   "lockout_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
   "right_to_cure": {
    "level": "lockout",
    "text": "Tenant can stop the eviction by paying the full rent owed before the warrant is executed",
    "source_url": "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/RPA/711",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "protections": {
    "rent_control": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "just_cause": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "right_to_counsel": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "seasonal": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "mediation": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "local_rules": "Good Cause Eviction applies in NYC and opt-in municipalities; NYC has rent stabilization and a right to counsel."
   },
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    "typical_weeks": 11.5,
    "high_weeks": 26.5,
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     "notice": 14,
     "filing_to_judgment": [
      17,
      45,
      120
     ],
     "judgment_to_lockout": [
      15,
      30
     ]
    },
    "post_judgment_is_default": false,
    "post_judgment_max_is_default": false,
    "method": "EvictionMath model: notice period + filing-to-judgment window + judgment-to-lockout window from the sourced rules; high case adds 21 days for a contested case. Not a court statistic."
   },
   "court_costs": {
    "filing_fee": {
     "range": [
      45,
      45
     ],
     "is_default": false
    },
    "service_fee": {
     "range": [
      30,
      77
     ],
     "is_default": true
    },
    "lockout_fee": {
     "range": [
      75,
      180
     ],
     "is_default": true
    }
   },
   "lawyer_fees": {
    "uncontested": [
     500,
     1500
    ],
    "contested": [
     2000,
     5000
    ],
    "status": "national-estimate"
   },
   "median_rent": {
    "value": 1634,
    "moe": 11,
    "source": "U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year, table B25064 (median gross rent)",
    "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/1YRData/acsdt1y2024-b25064.dat"
   },
   "score": {
    "total": 43,
    "timeline_pts": 10.4,
    "cure_pts": 3,
    "protection_pts": 30
   },
   "unverified_fields": [
    "service_fee",
    "lockout_fee"
   ],
   "legal_fields_sourced": 4,
   "source_notes": "Notice/cure: 14-day rent demand (N.Y. Real Prop. Acts. Law § 711(2)). Legal fields link to statutes or official court pages where we found them; Nolo and legal-aid pages are secondary. Fees vary by county; each fee says where it applies (statewide or the county/court we found). Lawyer fees are national estimates."
  },
  {
   "abbr": "NC",
   "name": "North Carolina",
   "slug": "north-carolina",
   "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
   "notice": {
    "value": 10,
    "text": "10 days' demand (N.C. Gen. Stat. § 42-3)",
    "source_url": "https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_42/GS_42-3.html",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "secondary_url": "https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-laws-on-termination-for-nonpayment-of-rent.html",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "answer": {
    "value": null,
    "text": "Case calendared within 7 business days of filing",
    "source_url": "https://civil.sog.unc.edu/2015/07/01/special-rules-for-summary-ejectment-actions/",
    "source_kind": "secondary",
    "status": "secondary-text-only"
   },
   "post_judgment": {
    "value": [
     11,
     16
    ],
    "text": "Magistrate's judgment not enforceable for 10 days; sheriff executes writ within 5 days",
    "source_url": "https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_7a/GS_7a-228.html",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "appeal": {
    "value": 10,
    "text": "10 days to appeal to district court",
    "source_url": "https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_7a/GS_7a-228.html",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "filing_fee": {
    "value": [
     96,
     96
    ],
    "text": "Summary ejectment filing fee $96",
    "source_url": "https://www.nccourts.gov/help-topics/housing/landlordtenant-issues",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "scope": "statewide",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "service_fee": {
    "value": [
     30,
     30
    ],
    "text": "Sheriff service $30 per defendant",
    "source_url": "https://www.nccourts.gov/help-topics/housing/landlordtenant-issues",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "scope": "statewide",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "lockout_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
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    "level": "notice",
    "text": "Can pay in full during the notice period",
    "source_url": "https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_42/GS_42-3.html",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "protections": {
    "rent_control": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "just_cause": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "right_to_counsel": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "seasonal": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "mediation": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "local_rules": null
   },
   "timeline": {
    "low_weeks": 4.0,
    "typical_weeks": 5.0,
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    "steps_days": {
     "notice": 10,
     "filing_to_judgment": [
      7,
      10,
      14
     ],
     "judgment_to_lockout": [
      11,
      16
     ]
    },
    "post_judgment_is_default": false,
    "post_judgment_max_is_default": false,
    "method": "EvictionMath model: notice period + filing-to-judgment window + judgment-to-lockout window from the sourced rules; high case adds 21 days for a contested case. Not a court statistic."
   },
   "court_costs": {
    "filing_fee": {
     "range": [
      96,
      96
     ],
     "is_default": false
    },
    "service_fee": {
     "range": [
      30,
      30
     ],
     "is_default": false
    },
    "lockout_fee": {
     "range": [
      75,
      180
     ],
     "is_default": true
    }
   },
   "lawyer_fees": {
    "uncontested": [
     500,
     1500
    ],
    "contested": [
     2000,
     5000
    ],
    "status": "national-estimate"
   },
   "median_rent": {
    "value": 1338,
    "moe": 14,
    "source": "U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year, table B25064 (median gross rent)",
    "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/1YRData/acsdt1y2024-b25064.dat"
   },
   "score": {
    "total": 82,
    "timeline_pts": 37.5,
    "cure_pts": 14,
    "protection_pts": 30
   },
   "unverified_fields": [
    "lockout_fee"
   ],
   "legal_fields_sourced": 4,
   "source_notes": "Notice/cure: 10 days' demand (N.C. Gen. Stat. § 42-3). Legal fields link to statutes or official court pages where we found them; Nolo and legal-aid pages are secondary. Fees vary by county; each fee says where it applies (statewide or the county/court we found). Lawyer fees are national estimates."
  },
  {
   "abbr": "ND",
   "name": "North Dakota",
   "slug": "north-dakota",
   "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
   "notice": {
    "value": 3,
    "text": "Unconditional 3-day notice once rent is 3 days overdue (N.D. Cent. Code § 47-32-01)",
    "source_url": "https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t47c32.pdf",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "secondary_url": "https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-laws-on-termination-for-nonpayment-of-rent.html",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "answer": {
    "value": null,
    "text": "Hearing 3-15 days after the summons is issued",
    "source_url": "https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t47c32.pdf",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced-text-only"
   },
   "post_judgment": {
    "value": [
     1,
     6
    ],
    "text": "Restitution is immediate; court may stay up to 5 days for hardship",
    "source_url": "https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t47c32.pdf",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "appeal": {
    "value": 60,
    "text": "60 days from service of notice of entry of judgment to appeal to the Supreme Court (N.D.R.App.P. 4(a)); judicial-referee decisions have a 7-day review request instead",
    "source_url": "https://www.ndcourts.gov/legal-resources/rules/ndrappp/4",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "filing_fee": {
    "value": [
     160,
     160
    ],
    "text": "District court filing fee $160",
    "source_url": "https://www.ndcourts.gov/Media/Default/district-courts/Court-Fees.pdf",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "scope": "statewide",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "service_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
   "lockout_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
   "right_to_cure": {
    "level": "none",
    "text": "No right to pay and stay once notice is given",
    "source_url": "https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t47c32.pdf",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "protections": {
    "rent_control": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "just_cause": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "right_to_counsel": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "seasonal": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "mediation": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "local_rules": null
   },
   "timeline": {
    "low_weeks": 1,
    "typical_weeks": 2.5,
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    "steps_days": {
     "notice": 3,
     "filing_to_judgment": [
      3,
      10,
      15
     ],
     "judgment_to_lockout": [
      1,
      6
     ]
    },
    "post_judgment_is_default": false,
    "post_judgment_max_is_default": false,
    "method": "EvictionMath model: notice period + filing-to-judgment window + judgment-to-lockout window from the sourced rules; high case adds 21 days for a contested case. Not a court statistic."
   },
   "court_costs": {
    "filing_fee": {
     "range": [
      160,
      160
     ],
     "is_default": false
    },
    "service_fee": {
     "range": [
      30,
      77
     ],
     "is_default": true
    },
    "lockout_fee": {
     "range": [
      75,
      180
     ],
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    }
   },
   "lawyer_fees": {
    "uncontested": [
     500,
     1500
    ],
    "contested": [
     2000,
     5000
    ],
    "status": "national-estimate"
   },
   "median_rent": {
    "value": 980,
    "moe": 30,
    "source": "U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year, table B25064 (median gross rent)",
    "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/1YRData/acsdt1y2024-b25064.dat"
   },
   "score": {
    "total": 98,
    "timeline_pts": 47.9,
    "cure_pts": 20,
    "protection_pts": 30
   },
   "unverified_fields": [
    "service_fee",
    "lockout_fee"
   ],
   "legal_fields_sourced": 4,
   "source_notes": "Notice/cure: Unconditional 3-day notice once rent is 3 days overdue (N.D. Cent. Code § 47-32-01). Legal fields link to statutes or official court pages where we found them; Nolo and legal-aid pages are secondary. Fees vary by county; each fee says where it applies (statewide or the county/court we found). Lawyer fees are national estimates."
  },
  {
   "abbr": "OH",
   "name": "Ohio",
   "slug": "ohio",
   "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
   "notice": {
    "value": 3,
    "text": "Unconditional 3-day notice to leave (Ohio Rev. Code §§ 1923.02, 1923.04)",
    "source_url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-1923.04",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "secondary_url": "https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-laws-on-termination-for-nonpayment-of-rent.html",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "answer": {
    "value": 7,
    "text": "Summons served at least 7 days before trial",
    "source_url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/assets/laws/revised-code/authenticated/19/1923/1923.06/10-18-2007/1923.06-10-18-2007.pdf",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "post_judgment": {
    "value": [
     3,
     10
    ],
    "text": "Writ of restitution generally executed within 10 days (Franklin County Municipal Court)",
    "source_url": "https://www.franklincountymunicourt.org/files/sharedassets/municourt/v/2/documents/eviction-court/instruction-sheet-for-obtaining-writs-of-restitution-and-evictions-set-outs.pdf",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "appeal": {
    "value": 30,
    "text": "30 days to appeal (App.R. 4); the tenant must get a stay and post a bond, or the appeal can become moot once they are out (R.C. 1923.14)",
    "source_url": "https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/docs/LegalResources/Rules/appellate/AppellateProcedure.pdf",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "filing_fee": {
    "value": [
     94,
     150
    ],
    "text": "Varies by municipal court, e.g. Mentor $130, Trumbull Central $150",
    "source_url": "https://mentormunicipalcourt.org/pdf/ForciblesEviction.pdf",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "scope": "varies by municipal court (Mentor, Trumbull Central examples)",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "service_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
   "lockout_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
   "right_to_cure": {
    "level": "none",
    "text": "No right to pay and stay once notice is given",
    "source_url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-1923.04",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "protections": {
    "rent_control": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "just_cause": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "right_to_counsel": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "seasonal": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "mediation": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "local_rules": "Cleveland, Toledo and Columbus have local right-to-counsel programs."
   },
   "timeline": {
    "low_weeks": 2.5,
    "typical_weeks": 4.0,
    "high_weeks": 9.0,
    "steps_days": {
     "notice": 3,
     "filing_to_judgment": [
      10,
      18,
      30
     ],
     "judgment_to_lockout": [
      3,
      10
     ]
    },
    "post_judgment_is_default": false,
    "post_judgment_max_is_default": false,
    "method": "EvictionMath model: notice period + filing-to-judgment window + judgment-to-lockout window from the sourced rules; high case adds 21 days for a contested case. Not a court statistic."
   },
   "court_costs": {
    "filing_fee": {
     "range": [
      94,
      150
     ],
     "is_default": false
    },
    "service_fee": {
     "range": [
      30,
      77
     ],
     "is_default": true
    },
    "lockout_fee": {
     "range": [
      75,
      180
     ],
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    }
   },
   "lawyer_fees": {
    "uncontested": [
     500,
     1500
    ],
    "contested": [
     2000,
     5000
    ],
    "status": "national-estimate"
   },
   "median_rent": {
    "value": 1090,
    "moe": 9,
    "source": "U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year, table B25064 (median gross rent)",
    "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/1YRData/acsdt1y2024-b25064.dat"
   },
   "score": {
    "total": 92,
    "timeline_pts": 41.7,
    "cure_pts": 20,
    "protection_pts": 30
   },
   "unverified_fields": [
    "service_fee",
    "lockout_fee"
   ],
   "legal_fields_sourced": 4,
   "source_notes": "Notice/cure: Unconditional 3-day notice to leave (Ohio Rev. Code §§ 1923.02, 1923.04). Legal fields link to statutes or official court pages where we found them; Nolo and legal-aid pages are secondary. Fees vary by county; each fee says where it applies (statewide or the county/court we found). Lawyer fees are national estimates."
  },
  {
   "abbr": "OK",
   "name": "Oklahoma",
   "slug": "oklahoma",
   "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
   "notice": {
    "value": 5,
    "text": "5 days to pay or move (Okla. Stat. tit. 41, § 131)",
    "source_url": "https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-laws-on-termination-for-nonpayment-of-rent.html",
    "source_kind": "secondary",
    "status": "secondary"
   },
   "answer": {
    "value": null,
    "text": "No written answer is required before trial in a forcible entry and detainer case (12 O.S. § 1148.6)",
    "source_url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/oklahoma/title-12/section-12-1148-6/",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced-text-only"
   },
   "post_judgment": {
    "value": [
     2,
     7
    ],
    "text": "Writ notice gives 48 hours to vacate; tenant has 2 days to post a supersedeas bond",
    "source_url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/oklahoma/title-12/section-12-1148-10a/",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "appeal": {
    "value": 2,
    "text": "Supersedeas bond within 2 days of judgment (judge may extend to 7)",
    "source_url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/oklahoma/title-12/section-12-1148-10a/",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "filing_fee": {
    "value": [
     58,
     58
    ],
    "text": "Example county (McCurtain) FED filing under $5,000: about $58 plus service",
    "source_url": "https://mccurtain.okcounties.org/departments/court-clerk/forcible-entry-and-detainer-eviction",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "scope": "McCurtain County example",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "service_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
   "lockout_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
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    "status": "secondary"
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     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "just_cause": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "right_to_counsel": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "seasonal": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "mediation": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
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      8,
      14
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      7
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    "filing_fee": {
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      58,
      58
     ],
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    },
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      30,
      77
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    },
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      75,
      180
     ],
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     500,
     1500
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     2000,
     5000
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   },
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    "value": 1044,
    "moe": 10,
    "source": "U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year, table B25064 (median gross rent)",
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    "lockout_fee"
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  },
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   "name": "Oregon",
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   "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
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     5,
     10
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    "status": "sourced"
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     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "seasonal": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "mediation": {
     "value": true,
     "text": "Mandatory eviction mediation (HB 3111) operative July 1, 2026",
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      14,
      28
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      10
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      88,
      88
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    },
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      30,
      77
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    },
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      75,
      180
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     1500
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     2000,
     5000
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    "status": "national-estimate"
   },
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    "value": 1597,
    "moe": 17,
    "source": "U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year, table B25064 (median gross rent)",
    "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/1YRData/acsdt1y2024-b25064.dat"
   },
   "score": {
    "total": 60,
    "timeline_pts": 37.5,
    "cure_pts": 14,
    "protection_pts": 8
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    "lockout_fee"
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  },
  {
   "abbr": "PA",
   "name": "Pennsylvania",
   "slug": "pennsylvania",
   "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
   "notice": {
    "value": 10,
    "text": "10 days' notice to quit (68 Pa. Stat. § 250.501(b))",
    "source_url": "https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-laws-on-termination-for-nonpayment-of-rent.html",
    "source_kind": "secondary",
    "status": "secondary"
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   "answer": {
    "value": null,
    "text": "Hearing set 7-15 days after filing",
    "source_url": "https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/secure/pacode/data/246/chapter500/s504.html",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced-text-only"
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   "post_judgment": {
    "value": [
     21,
     30
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    "text": "Order for possession after the 10-day appeal period; tenant then has 10 days before lockout",
    "source_url": "https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/secure/pacode/data/246/chapter500/s515.html",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "appeal": {
    "value": 10,
    "text": "10 days to appeal a possession judgment (30 for domestic-violence victims)",
    "source_url": "https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/secure/pacode/data/246/chapter1000/s1002.html",
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    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "filing_fee": {
    "value": [
     102.5,
     171
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    "source_url": "https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/secure/pacode/data/204/chapter29/s29.402.html",
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    "scope": "statewide",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "service_fee": {
    "value": null,
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    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
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   "right_to_cure": {
    "level": "notice",
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    "source_url": "https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-laws-on-termination-for-nonpayment-of-rent.html",
    "status": "secondary"
   },
   "protections": {
    "rent_control": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "just_cause": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "right_to_counsel": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "seasonal": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "mediation": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "local_rules": "Philadelphia has a local right-to-counsel program."
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     "notice": 10,
     "filing_to_judgment": [
      7,
      12,
      15
     ],
     "judgment_to_lockout": [
      21,
      30
     ]
    },
    "post_judgment_is_default": false,
    "post_judgment_max_is_default": false,
    "method": "EvictionMath model: notice period + filing-to-judgment window + judgment-to-lockout window from the sourced rules; high case adds 21 days for a contested case. Not a court statistic."
   },
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     "range": [
      102.5,
      171
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    },
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      30,
      77
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    },
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      75,
      180
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     500,
     1500
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     2000,
     5000
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   },
   "median_rent": {
    "value": 1252,
    "moe": 12,
    "source": "U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year, table B25064 (median gross rent)",
    "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/1YRData/acsdt1y2024-b25064.dat"
   },
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    "total": 73,
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    "cure_pts": 14,
    "protection_pts": 30
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   "unverified_fields": [
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    "lockout_fee"
   ],
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  },
  {
   "abbr": "RI",
   "name": "Rhode Island",
   "slug": "rhode-island",
   "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
   "notice": {
    "value": 5,
    "text": "5-day demand, only after rent is 15 days late (R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-35)",
    "source_url": "https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE34/34-18/34-18-35.htm",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "secondary_url": "https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-laws-on-termination-for-nonpayment-of-rent.html",
    "status": "sourced"
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   "answer": {
    "value": null,
    "text": "Tenant may answer before or at the hearing",
    "source_url": "https://www.courts.ri.gov/Courts/districtcourt/Pages/LandlordTenant-FAQ.aspx",
    "source_kind": "official",
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    "value": [
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     14
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    "text": "5-day appeal period, then the landlord can get an execution",
    "source_url": "https://www.courts.ri.gov/Courts/districtcourt/Documents/District%20Landlord%20FAQ.pdf",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "appeal": {
    "value": 5,
    "text": "5 days to appeal to Superior Court",
    "source_url": "https://www.courts.ri.gov/Courts/districtcourt/Documents/District%20Landlord%20FAQ.pdf",
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    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "filing_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
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    "value": null,
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   "protections": {
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     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "just_cause": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "right_to_counsel": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "seasonal": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "mediation": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "local_rules": null
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      18,
      30
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      14
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     "range": [
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      175
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    },
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      77
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    },
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      180
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    }
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     500,
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     2000,
     5000
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    "status": "national-estimate"
   },
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    "value": 1418,
    "moe": 46,
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    "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/1YRData/acsdt1y2024-b25064.dat"
   },
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    "total": 77,
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    "protection_pts": 30
   },
   "unverified_fields": [
    "filing_fee",
    "service_fee",
    "lockout_fee"
   ],
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  },
  {
   "abbr": "SC",
   "name": "South Carolina",
   "slug": "south-carolina",
   "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
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    "value": 5,
    "text": "5 days' notice (or none if the lease says so in bold) (S.C. Code § 27-40-710(B))",
    "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t27c040.php",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "secondary_url": "https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-laws-on-termination-for-nonpayment-of-rent.html",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "answer": {
    "value": 10,
    "text": "Rule to Vacate or Show Cause: 10 days to move or request a hearing",
    "source_url": "https://www.charlestoncounty.gov/departments/magistrates-summary-courts/civil-court.php?r=527",
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    "status": "sourced"
   },
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    "value": [
     2,
     7
    ],
    "text": "Writ of ejectment within 5 days of the ruling; tenant gets 24 hours",
    "source_url": "https://sclegal.org/eviction-in-south-carolina/",
    "source_kind": "secondary",
    "status": "secondary"
   },
   "appeal": {
    "value": 5,
    "text": "Appeal does not stop the ejectment unless the tenant posts bond within 5 days",
    "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t27c037.php",
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    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "filing_fee": {
    "value": [
     40,
     40
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    "source_url": "https://www.charlestoncounty.gov/departments/magistrates-summary-courts/civil-court.php?r=527",
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    "scope": "statewide",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "service_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
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    "source_kind": null,
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   },
   "lockout_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
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    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
   "right_to_cure": {
    "level": "notice",
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    "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t27c040.php",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "protections": {
    "rent_control": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "just_cause": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "right_to_counsel": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "seasonal": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "mediation": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "local_rules": null
   },
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    "typical_weeks": 3.5,
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     "notice": 5,
     "filing_to_judgment": [
      12,
      14,
      30
     ],
     "judgment_to_lockout": [
      2,
      7
     ]
    },
    "post_judgment_is_default": false,
    "post_judgment_max_is_default": false,
    "method": "EvictionMath model: notice period + filing-to-judgment window + judgment-to-lockout window from the sourced rules; high case adds 21 days for a contested case. Not a court statistic."
   },
   "court_costs": {
    "filing_fee": {
     "range": [
      40,
      40
     ],
     "is_default": false
    },
    "service_fee": {
     "range": [
      30,
      77
     ],
     "is_default": true
    },
    "lockout_fee": {
     "range": [
      75,
      180
     ],
     "is_default": true
    }
   },
   "lawyer_fees": {
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     500,
     1500
    ],
    "contested": [
     2000,
     5000
    ],
    "status": "national-estimate"
   },
   "median_rent": {
    "value": 1272,
    "moe": 28,
    "source": "U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year, table B25064 (median gross rent)",
    "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/1YRData/acsdt1y2024-b25064.dat"
   },
   "score": {
    "total": 88,
    "timeline_pts": 43.8,
    "cure_pts": 14,
    "protection_pts": 30
   },
   "unverified_fields": [
    "service_fee",
    "lockout_fee"
   ],
   "legal_fields_sourced": 4,
   "source_notes": "Notice/cure: 5 days' notice (or none if the lease says so in bold) (S.C. Code § 27-40-710(B)). Legal fields link to statutes or official court pages where we found them; Nolo and legal-aid pages are secondary. Fees vary by county; each fee says where it applies (statewide or the county/court we found). Lawyer fees are national estimates."
  },
  {
   "abbr": "SD",
   "name": "South Dakota",
   "slug": "south-dakota",
   "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
   "notice": {
    "value": 3,
    "text": "3-day notice to quit; Nolo notes no pay-or-quit period is required (S.D. Codified Laws § 21-16-1(4))",
    "source_url": "https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/21-16-1.html",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "secondary_url": "https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-laws-on-termination-for-nonpayment-of-rent.html",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "answer": {
    "value": 5,
    "text": "Tenant must appear and answer within 5 days after service (SDCL ch. 21-16)",
    "source_url": "https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/21-16",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "post_judgment": {
    "value": null,
    "text": "The judgment of eviction sets the removal date (UJS-138); execution for possession is served only in the daytime (SDCL 21-16-12). No statutory day count",
    "source_url": "https://ujs.sd.gov/media/goqj2exh/ujs138_judgment_of_eviction_and_damages-07-2026.pdf",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced-text-only"
   },
   "appeal": {
    "value": 10,
    "text": "10 days to appeal a magistrate court judgment, with bond",
    "source_url": "https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/15-38-27",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "filing_fee": {
    "value": [
     72,
     72
    ],
    "text": "Eviction filing fee $72 (UJS-109 checklist, 2026)",
    "source_url": "https://ujs.sd.gov/media/0kwbslj5/ujs-109-checklist-for-eviction-actions-07-2026.pdf",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "scope": "statewide",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "service_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
   "lockout_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
   "right_to_cure": {
    "level": "none",
    "text": "No right to pay and stay once notice is given",
    "source_url": "https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/21-16-1.html",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "protections": {
    "rent_control": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "just_cause": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "right_to_counsel": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "seasonal": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "mediation": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "local_rules": null
   },
   "timeline": {
    "low_weeks": 2.0,
    "typical_weeks": 3.0,
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    "steps_days": {
     "notice": 3,
     "filing_to_judgment": [
      6,
      10,
      21
     ],
     "judgment_to_lockout": [
      5,
      14
     ]
    },
    "post_judgment_is_default": true,
    "post_judgment_max_is_default": false,
    "method": "EvictionMath model: notice period + filing-to-judgment window + judgment-to-lockout window from the sourced rules; high case adds 21 days for a contested case. Not a court statistic."
   },
   "court_costs": {
    "filing_fee": {
     "range": [
      72,
      72
     ],
     "is_default": false
    },
    "service_fee": {
     "range": [
      30,
      77
     ],
     "is_default": true
    },
    "lockout_fee": {
     "range": [
      75,
      180
     ],
     "is_default": true
    }
   },
   "lawyer_fees": {
    "uncontested": [
     500,
     1500
    ],
    "contested": [
     2000,
     5000
    ],
    "status": "national-estimate"
   },
   "median_rent": {
    "value": 999,
    "moe": 31,
    "source": "U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year, table B25064 (median gross rent)",
    "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/1YRData/acsdt1y2024-b25064.dat"
   },
   "score": {
    "total": 96,
    "timeline_pts": 45.8,
    "cure_pts": 20,
    "protection_pts": 30
   },
   "unverified_fields": [
    "service_fee",
    "lockout_fee",
    "post_judgment_days"
   ],
   "legal_fields_sourced": 4,
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  },
  {
   "abbr": "TN",
   "name": "Tennessee",
   "slug": "tennessee",
   "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
   "notice": {
    "value": 14,
    "text": "14 days (counties over 75,000; Tenn. Code § 66-28-505); smaller counties follow § 66-7-109",
    "source_url": "https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-laws-on-termination-for-nonpayment-of-rent.html",
    "source_kind": "secondary",
    "status": "secondary"
   },
   "answer": {
    "value": 6,
    "text": "Detainer warrant served at least 6 days before the hearing",
    "source_url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/tennessee/title-27/chapter-5/section-27-5-108/",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "post_judgment": {
    "value": [
     10,
     14
    ],
    "text": "Writ of possession after the 10-day appeal period",
    "source_url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/tennessee/title-29/chapter-18/section-29-18-130/",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "appeal": {
    "value": 10,
    "text": "10 days to appeal to circuit court (heard fresh); bond required for the tenant to keep possession",
    "source_url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/tennessee/title-27/chapter-5/section-27-5-108/",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "filing_fee": {
    "value": [
     145.75,
     145.75
    ],
    "text": "Nashville (Davidson County) General Sessions detainer filing fee $145.75; other counties differ",
    "source_url": "https://circuitclerk.nashville.gov/general-sessions-civil-division-filing-fees-effective-january-1-2026/",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "scope": "Nashville (Davidson County) only",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "service_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
   "lockout_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
   "right_to_cure": {
    "level": "notice",
    "text": "Can pay in full during the notice period",
    "source_url": "https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-laws-on-termination-for-nonpayment-of-rent.html",
    "status": "secondary"
   },
   "protections": {
    "rent_control": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "just_cause": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "right_to_counsel": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "seasonal": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "mediation": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "local_rules": "Nashville launched a right-to-counsel program in 2026."
   },
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    "high_weeks": 11.5,
    "steps_days": {
     "notice": 14,
     "filing_to_judgment": [
      7,
      14,
      30
     ],
     "judgment_to_lockout": [
      10,
      14
     ]
    },
    "post_judgment_is_default": false,
    "post_judgment_max_is_default": false,
    "method": "EvictionMath model: notice period + filing-to-judgment window + judgment-to-lockout window from the sourced rules; high case adds 21 days for a contested case. Not a court statistic."
   },
   "court_costs": {
    "filing_fee": {
     "range": [
      145.75,
      145.75
     ],
     "is_default": false
    },
    "service_fee": {
     "range": [
      30,
      77
     ],
     "is_default": true
    },
    "lockout_fee": {
     "range": [
      75,
      180
     ],
     "is_default": true
    }
   },
   "lawyer_fees": {
    "uncontested": [
     500,
     1500
    ],
    "contested": [
     2000,
     5000
    ],
    "status": "national-estimate"
   },
   "median_rent": {
    "value": 1284,
    "moe": 16,
    "source": "U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year, table B25064 (median gross rent)",
    "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/1YRData/acsdt1y2024-b25064.dat"
   },
   "score": {
    "total": 79,
    "timeline_pts": 35.4,
    "cure_pts": 14,
    "protection_pts": 30
   },
   "unverified_fields": [
    "service_fee",
    "lockout_fee"
   ],
   "legal_fields_sourced": 4,
   "source_notes": "Notice/cure: 14 days (counties over 75,000; Tenn. Code § 66-28-505); smaller counties follow § 66-7-109. Legal fields link to statutes or official court pages where we found them; Nolo and legal-aid pages are secondary. Fees vary by county; each fee says where it applies (statewide or the county/court we found). Lawyer fees are national estimates."
  },
  {
   "abbr": "TX",
   "name": "Texas",
   "slug": "texas",
   "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
   "notice": {
    "value": 3,
    "text": "3 days' notice to vacate (or to pay or vacate for first-time late payers) unless the lease says otherwise (Tex. Prop. Code § 24.005)",
    "source_url": "https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/GetStatute.aspx?Code=PR&Value=24.0051",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "answer": {
    "value": null,
    "text": "No written answer usually required; hearing 10-21 days after filing",
    "source_url": "https://guides.sll.texas.gov/landlord-tenant-law/eviction-process",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced-text-only"
   },
   "post_judgment": {
    "value": [
     7,
     14
    ],
    "text": "Writ of possession no sooner than the 6th day after judgment; 24-hour warning before execution",
    "source_url": "https://www.sll.texas.gov/faqs/eviction-process/",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "appeal": {
    "value": 5,
    "text": "5 days to appeal; tenant must pay rent into the court registry to stay",
    "source_url": "https://www.tarrantcountytx.gov/en/justice-of-the-peace-courts/justice-1/civil-cases/appeal-information/eviction-appeals.html",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "filing_fee": {
    "value": [
     54,
     54
    ],
    "text": "JP court filing fee, e.g. Travis County $54 (service extra); Dallas County bundles filing + service at $134",
    "source_url": "https://www.traviscountytx.gov/images/justices_of_peace/Doc/2026_JP_Civil_Fee_Schedule.pdf",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "scope": "Travis County JP example",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "service_fee": {
    "value": [
     80,
     90
    ],
    "text": "Constable service of citation, e.g. $90 Travis County",
    "source_url": "https://www.traviscountytx.gov/images/justices_of_peace/Doc/2026_JP_Civil_Fee_Schedule.pdf",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "scope": "Travis County example",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "lockout_fee": {
    "value": [
     180,
     180
    ],
    "text": "Writ of possession service $180 (Tarrant County JP3, 2026)",
    "source_url": "https://www.tarrantcountytx.gov/en/justice-of-the-peace-courts/justice-3.html",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "scope": "Tarrant County JP3",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "right_to_cure": {
    "level": "partial",
    "text": "First-time late payers get a pay-or-vacate notice; repeat late payers can get a plain notice to vacate",
    "source_url": "https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/GetStatute.aspx?Code=PR&Value=24.0051",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "protections": {
    "rent_control": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "just_cause": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "right_to_counsel": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "seasonal": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "mediation": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "local_rules": null
   },
   "timeline": {
    "low_weeks": 3.0,
    "typical_weeks": 4.0,
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    "steps_days": {
     "notice": 3,
     "filing_to_judgment": [
      10,
      14,
      21
     ],
     "judgment_to_lockout": [
      7,
      14
     ]
    },
    "post_judgment_is_default": false,
    "post_judgment_max_is_default": false,
    "method": "EvictionMath model: notice period + filing-to-judgment window + judgment-to-lockout window from the sourced rules; high case adds 21 days for a contested case. Not a court statistic."
   },
   "court_costs": {
    "filing_fee": {
     "range": [
      54,
      54
     ],
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    },
    "service_fee": {
     "range": [
      80,
      90
     ],
     "is_default": false
    },
    "lockout_fee": {
     "range": [
      180,
      180
     ],
     "is_default": false
    }
   },
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    "uncontested": [
     500,
     1500
    ],
    "contested": [
     2000,
     5000
    ],
    "status": "national-estimate"
   },
   "median_rent": {
    "value": 1475,
    "moe": 8,
    "source": "U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year, table B25064 (median gross rent)",
    "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/1YRData/acsdt1y2024-b25064.dat"
   },
   "score": {
    "total": 89,
    "timeline_pts": 41.7,
    "cure_pts": 17,
    "protection_pts": 30
   },
   "unverified_fields": [],
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  },
  {
   "abbr": "UT",
   "name": "Utah",
   "slug": "utah",
   "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
   "notice": {
    "value": 5,
    "text": "3 business days to pay or move (Utah Code § 78B-6-802)",
    "source_url": "https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title78B/Chapter6/78B-6-S802.html",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "secondary_url": "https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-laws-on-termination-for-nonpayment-of-rent.html",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "answer": {
    "value": 3,
    "text": "3 business days after service to answer; occupancy hearing within 10 business days of a request",
    "source_url": "https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title78B/Chapter6/C78B-6-S810_2025050720250507.pdf",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "post_judgment": {
    "value": [
     3,
     7
    ],
    "text": "Order of restitution usually gives 3 calendar days to vacate",
    "source_url": "https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title78B/Chapter6/C78B-6-P8_1800010118000101.pdf",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "appeal": {
    "value": 10,
    "text": "10 days to appeal an eviction judgment",
    "source_url": "https://www.utcourts.gov/content/dam/howto/appeals/docs/00_Guide_to_Appealing_a_Case.pdf",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "filing_fee": {
    "value": [
     375,
     375
    ],
    "text": "Eviction/forcible entry and detainer filing fee $375",
    "source_url": "https://www.utcourts.gov/content/dam/howto/filing/efiling/district/docs/case_filing_types.pdf",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "scope": "statewide",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "service_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
   "lockout_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
   "right_to_cure": {
    "level": "notice",
    "text": "Can pay in full during the notice period",
    "source_url": "https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title78B/Chapter6/78B-6-S802.html",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "protections": {
    "rent_control": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "just_cause": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "right_to_counsel": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "seasonal": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "mediation": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
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   },
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    "typical_weeks": 3.0,
    "high_weeks": 7.5,
    "steps_days": {
     "notice": 5,
     "filing_to_judgment": [
      5,
      10,
      21
     ],
     "judgment_to_lockout": [
      3,
      7
     ]
    },
    "post_judgment_is_default": false,
    "post_judgment_max_is_default": false,
    "method": "EvictionMath model: notice period + filing-to-judgment window + judgment-to-lockout window from the sourced rules; high case adds 21 days for a contested case. Not a court statistic."
   },
   "court_costs": {
    "filing_fee": {
     "range": [
      375,
      375
     ],
     "is_default": false
    },
    "service_fee": {
     "range": [
      30,
      77
     ],
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    },
    "lockout_fee": {
     "range": [
      75,
      180
     ],
     "is_default": true
    }
   },
   "lawyer_fees": {
    "uncontested": [
     500,
     1500
    ],
    "contested": [
     2000,
     5000
    ],
    "status": "national-estimate"
   },
   "median_rent": {
    "value": 1593,
    "moe": 27,
    "source": "U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year, table B25064 (median gross rent)",
    "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/1YRData/acsdt1y2024-b25064.dat"
   },
   "score": {
    "total": 90,
    "timeline_pts": 45.8,
    "cure_pts": 14,
    "protection_pts": 30
   },
   "unverified_fields": [
    "service_fee",
    "lockout_fee"
   ],
   "legal_fields_sourced": 4,
   "source_notes": "Notice/cure: 3 business days to pay or move (Utah Code § 78B-6-802). Legal fields link to statutes or official court pages where we found them; Nolo and legal-aid pages are secondary. Fees vary by county; each fee says where it applies (statewide or the county/court we found). Lawyer fees are national estimates."
  },
  {
   "abbr": "VT",
   "name": "Vermont",
   "slug": "vermont",
   "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
   "notice": {
    "value": 14,
    "text": "14 days' notice (Vt. Stat. tit. 9, § 4467(a))",
    "source_url": "https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/09/137/04467",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "secondary_url": "https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-laws-on-termination-for-nonpayment-of-rent.html",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "answer": {
    "value": 21,
    "text": "21 days after service to answer (14 days after a rent-into-court hearing)",
    "source_url": "https://www.vermontjudiciary.org/civil/landlord-tenant",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "post_judgment": {
    "value": [
     15,
     21
    ],
    "text": "Writ of possession: no move-out earlier than 14 days after it is served",
    "source_url": "https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/12/169/04854",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "appeal": {
    "value": 30,
    "text": "30 days to appeal to the Vermont Supreme Court; no automatic stay",
    "source_url": "https://www.vtlawhelp.org/court-process-eviction",
    "source_kind": "secondary",
    "status": "secondary"
   },
   "filing_fee": {
    "value": [
     295,
     295
    ],
    "text": "Civil Division filing fee $295",
    "source_url": "https://www.vtcourts.gov/fees",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "scope": "statewide",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "service_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
   "lockout_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
   "right_to_cure": {
    "level": "notice",
    "text": "Can pay in full during the notice period",
    "source_url": "https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/09/137/04467",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "protections": {
    "rent_control": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "just_cause": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "right_to_counsel": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "seasonal": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "mediation": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "local_rules": null
   },
   "timeline": {
    "low_weeks": 7.0,
    "typical_weeks": 11.0,
    "high_weeks": 21.0,
    "steps_days": {
     "notice": 14,
     "filing_to_judgment": [
      21,
      45,
      90
     ],
     "judgment_to_lockout": [
      15,
      21
     ]
    },
    "post_judgment_is_default": false,
    "post_judgment_max_is_default": false,
    "method": "EvictionMath model: notice period + filing-to-judgment window + judgment-to-lockout window from the sourced rules; high case adds 21 days for a contested case. Not a court statistic."
   },
   "court_costs": {
    "filing_fee": {
     "range": [
      295,
      295
     ],
     "is_default": false
    },
    "service_fee": {
     "range": [
      30,
      77
     ],
     "is_default": true
    },
    "lockout_fee": {
     "range": [
      75,
      180
     ],
     "is_default": true
    }
   },
   "lawyer_fees": {
    "uncontested": [
     500,
     1500
    ],
    "contested": [
     2000,
     5000
    ],
    "status": "national-estimate"
   },
   "median_rent": {
    "value": 1319,
    "moe": 54,
    "source": "U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year, table B25064 (median gross rent)",
    "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/1YRData/acsdt1y2024-b25064.dat"
   },
   "score": {
    "total": 56,
    "timeline_pts": 12.5,
    "cure_pts": 14,
    "protection_pts": 30
   },
   "unverified_fields": [
    "service_fee",
    "lockout_fee"
   ],
   "legal_fields_sourced": 4,
   "source_notes": "Notice/cure: 14 days' notice (Vt. Stat. tit. 9, § 4467(a)). Legal fields link to statutes or official court pages where we found them; Nolo and legal-aid pages are secondary. Fees vary by county; each fee says where it applies (statewide or the county/court we found). Lawyer fees are national estimates."
  },
  {
   "abbr": "VA",
   "name": "Virginia",
   "slug": "virginia",
   "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
   "notice": {
    "value": 14,
    "text": "14 days to pay after written notice (Va. Code § 55.1-1245(F)); older guides still say 5 days",
    "source_url": "https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title55.1/chapter12/section55.1-1245/",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "secondary_url": "https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-laws-on-termination-for-nonpayment-of-rent.html",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "answer": {
    "value": 10,
    "text": "Initial hearing within 21 days of filing; summons served at least 10 days before",
    "source_url": "https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title8.01/chapter3/section8.01-129/",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "post_judgment": {
    "value": [
     11,
     21
    ],
    "text": "No eviction during the 10-day appeal period; sheriff gives 72 hours' notice",
    "source_url": "https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title8.01/chapter3/section8.01-129/",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "appeal": {
    "value": 10,
    "text": "10 days to appeal to circuit court",
    "source_url": "https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title8.01/chapter3/section8.01-129/",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "filing_fee": {
    "value": [
     36,
     36
    ],
    "text": "$36 statutory clerk fee for unlawful detainer (local fees and service extra)",
    "source_url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/virginia/title-16-1/chapter-4-1/section-16-1-69-48-2/",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "scope": "statewide",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "service_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
   "lockout_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
   "right_to_cure": {
    "level": "lockout",
    "text": "Tenant can redeem by paying everything owed until 2 business days before the scheduled eviction",
    "source_url": "https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title55.1/chapter12/section55.1-1245/",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "protections": {
    "rent_control": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "just_cause": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "right_to_counsel": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "seasonal": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "mediation": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "local_rules": null
   },
   "timeline": {
    "low_weeks": 5.0,
    "typical_weeks": 7.5,
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    "steps_days": {
     "notice": 14,
     "filing_to_judgment": [
      10,
      21,
      30
     ],
     "judgment_to_lockout": [
      11,
      21
     ]
    },
    "post_judgment_is_default": false,
    "post_judgment_max_is_default": false,
    "method": "EvictionMath model: notice period + filing-to-judgment window + judgment-to-lockout window from the sourced rules; high case adds 21 days for a contested case. Not a court statistic."
   },
   "court_costs": {
    "filing_fee": {
     "range": [
      36,
      36
     ],
     "is_default": false
    },
    "service_fee": {
     "range": [
      30,
      77
     ],
     "is_default": true
    },
    "lockout_fee": {
     "range": [
      75,
      180
     ],
     "is_default": true
    }
   },
   "lawyer_fees": {
    "uncontested": [
     500,
     1500
    ],
    "contested": [
     2000,
     5000
    ],
    "status": "national-estimate"
   },
   "median_rent": {
    "value": 1646,
    "moe": 16,
    "source": "U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year, table B25064 (median gross rent)",
    "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/1YRData/acsdt1y2024-b25064.dat"
   },
   "score": {
    "total": 60,
    "timeline_pts": 27.1,
    "cure_pts": 3,
    "protection_pts": 30
   },
   "unverified_fields": [
    "service_fee",
    "lockout_fee"
   ],
   "legal_fields_sourced": 4,
   "source_notes": "Notice/cure: 14 days to pay after written notice (Va. Code § 55.1-1245(F)); older guides still say 5 days. Legal fields link to statutes or official court pages where we found them; Nolo and legal-aid pages are secondary. Fees vary by county; each fee says where it applies (statewide or the county/court we found). Lawyer fees are national estimates."
  },
  {
   "abbr": "WA",
   "name": "Washington",
   "slug": "washington",
   "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
   "notice": {
    "value": 14,
    "text": "14-day pay-or-vacate notice (Wash. Rev. Code §§ 59.12.030(3), 59.18.057)",
    "source_url": "https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=59.12.030",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "secondary_url": "https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-laws-on-termination-for-nonpayment-of-rent.html",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "answer": {
    "value": 7,
    "text": "Order to show cause served 7-30 days before the hearing",
    "source_url": "https://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=59.18.370&pdf=true",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "post_judgment": {
    "value": [
     4,
     10
    ],
    "text": "Sheriff can't execute the writ until the 3rd day after serving it (RCW 59.18.390); the writ is returnable within 10 days (RCW 59.18.380)",
    "source_url": "https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=59.18.390",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "appeal": {
    "value": null,
    "text": "An appeal stays the eviction only if the tenant posts a bond (RCW 59.12.220). We did not find an official eviction-specific appeal window",
    "source_url": "https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=59.12.220",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "filing_fee": {
    "value": [
     45,
     45
    ],
    "text": "Unlawful detainer filing fee $45",
    "source_url": "https://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?Cite=36.18.020",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "scope": "statewide",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "service_fee": {
    "value": [
     77,
     77
    ],
    "text": "King County Sheriff civil process service $77 plus mileage (2026 schedule)",
    "source_url": "https://cdn.kingcounty.gov/-/media/king-county/depts/sheriffs-office/documents/civil-unit/fees2026_mileage2026.pdf",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "scope": "King County",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "lockout_fee": {
    "value": [
     162,
     162
    ],
    "text": "King County Sheriff writ of restitution $162 plus double mileage (2026 schedule)",
    "source_url": "https://cdn.kingcounty.gov/-/media/king-county/depts/sheriffs-office/documents/civil-unit/fees2026_mileage2026.pdf",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "scope": "King County",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "right_to_cure": {
    "level": "extended",
    "text": "Tenant can stay a pre-judgment writ by paying rent owed into court within 3 days",
    "source_url": "https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=59.12.030",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "protections": {
    "rent_control": {
     "value": true,
     "text": "Statewide cap: 7% + CPI, max 10% (from 2025)",
     "source_url": "https://naahq.org/news/state-legislatures-return-rent-control-follows",
     "source_kind": "secondary",
     "status": "secondary"
    },
    "just_cause": {
     "value": true,
     "text": "Statewide just cause (RCW 59.18.650)",
     "source_url": "https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=59.18.650",
     "source_kind": "official",
     "status": "sourced"
    },
    "right_to_counsel": {
     "value": true,
     "text": "Statewide right to counsel for income-qualified tenants (2021)",
     "source_url": "https://civilrighttocounsel.org/uploaded_files/283/RTC_Enacted_Legislation_in_Eviction_Proceedings_FINAL.pdf",
     "source_kind": "secondary",
     "status": "secondary"
    },
    "seasonal": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "mediation": {
     "value": true,
     "text": "Eviction resolution program before filing nonpayment cases (RCW 59.18.660)",
     "source_url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/washington/2022/title-59/chapter-59-18/section-59-18-660/",
     "source_kind": "official",
     "status": "sourced"
    },
    "local_rules": "Seattle has its own universal right to counsel and extra notice rules."
   },
   "timeline": {
    "low_weeks": 4.0,
    "typical_weeks": 6.0,
    "high_weeks": 11.5,
    "steps_days": {
     "notice": 14,
     "filing_to_judgment": [
      10,
      21,
      35
     ],
     "judgment_to_lockout": [
      4,
      10
     ]
    },
    "post_judgment_is_default": false,
    "post_judgment_max_is_default": false,
    "method": "EvictionMath model: notice period + filing-to-judgment window + judgment-to-lockout window from the sourced rules; high case adds 21 days for a contested case. Not a court statistic."
   },
   "court_costs": {
    "filing_fee": {
     "range": [
      45,
      45
     ],
     "is_default": false
    },
    "service_fee": {
     "range": [
      77,
      77
     ],
     "is_default": false
    },
    "lockout_fee": {
     "range": [
      162,
      162
     ],
     "is_default": false
    }
   },
   "lawyer_fees": {
    "uncontested": [
     500,
     1500
    ],
    "contested": [
     2000,
     5000
    ],
    "status": "national-estimate"
   },
   "median_rent": {
    "value": 1824,
    "moe": 14,
    "source": "U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year, table B25064 (median gross rent)",
    "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/1YRData/acsdt1y2024-b25064.dat"
   },
   "score": {
    "total": 43,
    "timeline_pts": 33.3,
    "cure_pts": 7,
    "protection_pts": 3
   },
   "unverified_fields": [],
   "legal_fields_sourced": 4,
   "source_notes": "Notice/cure: 14-day pay-or-vacate notice (Wash. Rev. Code §§ 59.12.030(3), 59.18.057). Legal fields link to statutes or official court pages where we found them; Nolo and legal-aid pages are secondary. Fees vary by county; each fee says where it applies (statewide or the county/court we found). Lawyer fees are national estimates."
  },
  {
   "abbr": "WV",
   "name": "West Virginia",
   "slug": "west-virginia",
   "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
   "notice": {
    "value": 0,
    "text": "No notice required; landlord can file immediately (W.Va. Code § 55-3A-1)",
    "source_url": "https://code.wvlegislature.gov/55-3A-1/",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "secondary_url": "https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-laws-on-termination-for-nonpayment-of-rent.html",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "answer": {
    "value": 5,
    "text": "Hearing 5-10 judicial days after filing; 5 days to answer under the magistrate court civil rules",
    "source_url": "https://www.courtswv.gov/legal-community/court-rules/rules-of-civil-procedure-for-magistrate-court",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "post_judgment": {
    "value": [
     1,
     21
    ],
    "text": "The order sets the vacate date and the sheriff removes the tenant (W.Va. Code § 55-3A-3(f)); for magistrate judgments the clerk waits out the 20-day appeal period before issuing enforcement papers (SCA-MI-600)",
    "source_url": "https://www.courtswv.gov/sites/default/pubfilesmnt/2024-06/SCA-MI-600.pdf",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "appeal": {
    "value": 20,
    "text": "20 days to appeal a magistrate judgment; an appeal stays enforcement, but the tenant cannot stay past the end of the tenancy (W.Va. Code § 50-5-12; § 55-3A-3(g))",
    "source_url": "https://code.wvlegislature.gov/50-5-12/",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "filing_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
   "service_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
   "lockout_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
   "right_to_cure": {
    "level": "none",
    "text": "No right to pay and stay once notice is given",
    "source_url": "https://code.wvlegislature.gov/55-3A-1/",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "protections": {
    "rent_control": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "just_cause": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "right_to_counsel": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "seasonal": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "mediation": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "local_rules": null
   },
   "timeline": {
    "low_weeks": 1,
    "typical_weeks": 3.0,
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    "steps_days": {
     "notice": 0,
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      10,
      14
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      21
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    "method": "EvictionMath model: notice period + filing-to-judgment window + judgment-to-lockout window from the sourced rules; high case adds 21 days for a contested case. Not a court statistic."
   },
   "court_costs": {
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     "range": [
      55,
      175
     ],
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    },
    "service_fee": {
     "range": [
      30,
      77
     ],
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    },
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     "range": [
      75,
      180
     ],
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    }
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     500,
     1500
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    "contested": [
     2000,
     5000
    ],
    "status": "national-estimate"
   },
   "median_rent": {
    "value": 883,
    "moe": 19,
    "source": "U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year, table B25064 (median gross rent)",
    "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/1YRData/acsdt1y2024-b25064.dat"
   },
   "score": {
    "total": 96,
    "timeline_pts": 45.8,
    "cure_pts": 20,
    "protection_pts": 30
   },
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    "service_fee",
    "lockout_fee"
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  },
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   "abbr": "WI",
   "name": "Wisconsin",
   "slug": "wisconsin",
   "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
   "notice": {
    "value": 5,
    "text": "5 days to pay or move (14-day unconditional for month-to-month; 30 days for leases over a year) (Wis. Stat. § 704.17)",
    "source_url": "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/704/17",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "secondary_url": "https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-laws-on-termination-for-nonpayment-of-rent.html",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "answer": {
    "value": 5,
    "text": "Return date 5-25 days after the summons is issued; service at least 5 days before",
    "source_url": "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/799/01",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "post_judgment": {
    "value": [
     3,
     10
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    "text": "Sheriff executes the writ of restitution within 10 days of receipt",
    "source_url": "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/799/45/5",
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    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "appeal": {
    "value": 15,
    "text": "15 days to appeal; enforcement stayed only with an approved undertaking",
    "source_url": "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/799/445?view=section",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "filing_fee": {
    "value": [
     94.5,
     94.5
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    "source_url": "https://www.woodcountywi.gov/departments/courts/Doc/Small%20Claims%20Information.pdf",
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    "status": "sourced"
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   "service_fee": {
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    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
   "lockout_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
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   "protections": {
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     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
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    "just_cause": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "right_to_counsel": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "seasonal": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "mediation": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
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    "local_rules": null
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      14,
      25
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      10
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      94.5
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    },
    "service_fee": {
     "range": [
      30,
      77
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     "is_default": true
    },
    "lockout_fee": {
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      75,
      180
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    }
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     500,
     1500
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    "contested": [
     2000,
     5000
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    "status": "national-estimate"
   },
   "median_rent": {
    "value": 1142,
    "moe": 10,
    "source": "U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year, table B25064 (median gross rent)",
    "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/1YRData/acsdt1y2024-b25064.dat"
   },
   "score": {
    "total": 88,
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    "cure_pts": 14,
    "protection_pts": 30
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    "lockout_fee"
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  },
  {
   "abbr": "WY",
   "name": "Wyoming",
   "slug": "wyoming",
   "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
   "notice": {
    "value": 3,
    "text": "Unconditional 3-day notice to quit (Wyo. Stat. §§ 1-21-1002, 1-21-1003)",
    "source_url": "https://wyoleg.gov/NXT/gateway.dll/2026%20Wyoming%20Statutes/2026%20Titles/1/53/63",
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    "source_url": "https://wyoleg.gov/NXT/gateway.dll/2026%20Wyoming%20Statutes/2026%20Titles/1/53/63",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "post_judgment": {
    "value": [
     1,
     4
    ],
    "text": "Sheriff executes the writ within 2 days of receiving it (Sundays excepted)",
    "source_url": "https://wyoleg.gov/NXT/gateway.dll/2026%20Wyoming%20Statutes/2026%20Titles/1/53/63",
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    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "appeal": {
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    "text": "Appeal stays execution only if a surety bond is filed within 48 hours of judgment",
    "source_url": "https://wyoleg.gov/NXT/gateway.dll/2026%20Wyoming%20Statutes/2026%20Titles/1/53/63",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "filing_fee": {
    "value": [
     70,
     70
    ],
    "text": "Circuit court civil filing fee $70",
    "source_url": "https://www.wyocourts.gov/about-the-courts/frequently-asked-questions/",
    "source_kind": "official",
    "scope": "statewide",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "service_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
    "status": "unverified"
   },
   "lockout_fee": {
    "value": null,
    "text": null,
    "source_url": null,
    "source_kind": null,
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   "right_to_cure": {
    "level": "none",
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    "source_url": "https://wyoleg.gov/NXT/gateway.dll/2026%20Wyoming%20Statutes/2026%20Titles/1/53/63",
    "status": "sourced"
   },
   "protections": {
    "rent_control": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "just_cause": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "right_to_counsel": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "seasonal": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "mediation": {
     "value": false,
     "text": "None statewide found in the sources we checked",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_kind": null,
     "status": "checked-none"
    },
    "local_rules": null
   },
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      8,
      12
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     "judgment_to_lockout": [
      1,
      4
     ]
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    "post_judgment_is_default": false,
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      70,
      70
     ],
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    },
    "service_fee": {
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      30,
      77
     ],
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    },
    "lockout_fee": {
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      75,
      180
     ],
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    }
   },
   "lawyer_fees": {
    "uncontested": [
     500,
     1500
    ],
    "contested": [
     2000,
     5000
    ],
    "status": "national-estimate"
   },
   "median_rent": {
    "value": 998,
    "moe": 38,
    "source": "U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year, table B25064 (median gross rent)",
    "source_url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/1YRData/acsdt1y2024-b25064.dat"
   },
   "score": {
    "total": 100,
    "timeline_pts": 50,
    "cure_pts": 20,
    "protection_pts": 30
   },
   "unverified_fields": [
    "service_fee",
    "lockout_fee"
   ],
   "legal_fields_sourced": 4,
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}