Eviction cases for landlords
If you have never filed an eviction, the rules can be hard to get right. Evictions API is designed so that every case is checked against the state’s rules and reviewed by a licensed attorney in that state before anything is served or filed.
What is available today. Evictions API is a sandbox beta, in test mode only. Available today: sign-up for a free sandbox account, the online case form, the REST API and a sandbox with a fictional test state, where a built-in sandbox reviewer reviews cases automatically, you can step them through to close and receive webhooks. Not available yet: serving notices or filing in court for a real case, in any state, live mode, which would accept real cases and online checkout.
How a case is designed to move
This is the process once your state is open.
Describe the case
The property, the tenant, the lease, what is owed or what happened, and a deed or management agreement that shows your authority over the property.Pass the intake checks
For the state and the reason you choose, the API returns the facts required. Validation reports which checks failed and why, including missing documents, before anything goes to an attorney.An attorney reviews it
A partner attorney licensed in your state reviews the notice. Nothing is served until the attorney approves it.The notice is served, and the case is filed if needed
If the matter is not resolved after the notice period, the attorney reviews the court packet and the case is filed. The attorney handles the hearing; the itemized cost you receive before a case starts shows what the attorney’s fee covers.
Clear requirements
The API returns the facts required for the ground you choose and reports which checks failed and why. You can try the online case form in the sandbox today, in test mode. No staff-assisted intake is offered.
Attorney review
A licensed attorney in your state is to review and approve every notice and every filing and be the filer of record. We are not a law firm; the attorney is responsible for the legal work.
Clear costs
These fees will apply when your state opens. The platform fee will be $29 for a case that starts at the notice. If the case goes to court, the platform fee will be $99 in total: the $29 notice fee will be credited, so you will pay $70 more. The platform fee for a case that starts at filing will be $99. The attorney’s fee will be set by the attorney and paid to the attorney. Court filing fees and service costs will be passed through at cost. You receive the itemized cost before any case starts. Pricing
If the tenant pays
You can report a payment through the API at any time before judgment. If the tenant pays within a cure period your state’s rules provide, the case closes as resolved. Otherwise the attorney decides what happens next. You can withdraw a case at any time before it closes.
What the checks can and cannot do
A case can be submitted only after you show authority over the property, confirm the case is not retaliatory or discriminatory, and the case accounts for the required notice and federal and local protections where they apply. The checks are designed to catch cases that should not go forward before anyone is served. They rely on what you provide and attest to, plus the attorney’s review, and cannot catch everything.
Interested for your properties?
Sign up for the sandbox to see how a case works with a test case. Nothing is served or filed.