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# Evict a Tenant, Correctly
> Landlord-side eviction notice with the earliest legal filing date and a pre-flight check against the defects that get DIY cases dismissed
This workflow surfaces in **QuillDraft**, the landlord-tenant product. It is filtered out of the Vaquill in-house gallery.
**Best for:** a small landlord starting an eviction who wants the right notice, the earliest legal filing date, and a check against the defects that get DIY cases dismissed.
Picks the correct termination notice for your reason and state, tells you the earliest date you can legally file, and runs a pre-flight check for the usual defects: wrong notice type, bad service, filing too early, and non-rent charges bundled into a pay-or-quit.
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| -------------- | ------------------------- |
| Category | Litigation |
| Jurisdiction | US |
| Practice areas | Landlord-tenant, eviction |
| Runtime | 5-12 minutes |
## What you need
| Slot | Required | Count | What goes in it |
| ---------------------------------- | -------- | ----- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Lease and prior correspondence** | No | 0-50 | The signed lease and relevant notices or messages, to ground the facts. |
## Inputs
| Field | Type | Required | What it changes |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **State where the rental is located** | Select | **Yes** | Drives the notice type, the notice period, and just-cause rules. |
| **Why are you evicting?** | Select | **Yes** | Determines which termination notice is required. **Picking the wrong one is the single most common cause of dismissal.** |
| **Your name / company** | Party name | **Yes** | The landlord. |
| **All adult tenants on the lease** | String list | **Yes** | List every adult tenant. Serving only one named tenant is a common defect. |
| **Rental unit address** | Long text | **Yes** | |
| How long has the tenant lived there? | Select | No | Less than 1 year · 1 year or more. Used for no-fault notice periods, typically 30 versus 60 days. |
| Past-due rent (nonpayment only) | Text | No | **Rent only.** Do not include late fees or utilities. |
| Does that amount include late fees, utilities, or other charges? | Yes/No | No | If Yes, the pre-flight flags it. A pay-or-quit must demand rent only. |
| Describe the lease violation | Long text | No | For cure or serious-violation notices. |
| Date you will serve the notice | Date | No | Used to estimate when the notice period expires and the earliest filing date. |
| Is your city or state a just-cause jurisdiction? | Select | No | Yes · no · not sure. Just-cause areas require a stated reason, and sometimes relocation pay, even for no-fault terminations. |
| Have you offered required relocation assistance? | Yes/No | No | |
| Did you accept any partial rent after the problem started? | Yes/No | No | **Accepting partial rent can waive a pay-or-quit notice in many states.** |
## How it runs
A drafting pipeline: `prepare → generate → export`. The state and reason select the notice type, the drafter produces the notice and the two supporting documents, and the pre-flight validator runs the defect checks before export.
## What you get
| Artifact | Format | Contents |
| -------------------------------- | ------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Eviction Notice** | DOCX | The termination notice matched to your state and reason. |
| **Pre-Flight Validator** | DOCX | The dismissal-risk check: notice type, service, timing, and non-rent charges. |
| **Service and Filing Checklist** | DOCX | What to do, in what order, and by when. |
## What this will not do
* File the eviction or serve the notice or summons for you.
* Guarantee your case will not be dismissed. The pre-flight is guidance, not a warranty.
* Confirm your state's exact notice period, forms, or just-cause rules. Verify before serving.
* Replace a landlord-tenant attorney for the filing and the hearing.
## Related
The tenant side of the same case.
The other common landlord-tenant dispute.