Daily Archives: February 14, 2015

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Court of Appeals Upholds Eviction of Residential Tenant

After several unsuccessful attempts to personally serve a tenant with a summons and complaint, the landlord got a court order allowing service. The landlord then had a process server post and mail the summons and complaint along with a notice requiring the tenant to either pay rent into the court registry or serve a sworn statement that no rent is owing. The tenant served the landlord attorney’s office with a response to the eviction complaint, but did not deny rent was owed and did not pay rent into the court registry. The landlord moved for a writ of restitution. The […]