Seattle Landlord Attorney: Landlord - Tenant Law, Eviction Forms, More

Some eviction form kits do not have certain statutory language - including language that instructs the sheriff to break and enter if necessary - in the writ. As a result the writ does not authorize the sheriff to physically evict the tenant if necessary.  The sheriff may even simply return the impotent writ unserved.So, a landlord acting without an attorney using an eviction kit may win in court only to have to repeat steps to get the sheriff the legal authority needed to actually evict the tenant. An “A” for effort, but bad form.

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