Published October 30, 2026 | Version 1.0.0

Eviction laws by state and territory: notice, cure, just cause, fees and timing (LSC)

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Probative Growth

Description

How the law of each U.S. state, the District of Columbia and five territories regulates residential evictions as of January 1, 2021, coded from the statutes by the Legal Services Corporation and Temple University's Center for Public Health Law Research: the notice a landlord must give before filing for nonpayment, whether a tenant may cure, whether a landlord needs a stated cause, caps on late fees, the filing fee the law sets, the days to answer, to appeal and between writ and removal, mediation, and the statute cited for the notice rule. One record per jurisdiction plus a national summary.

57 records (status: S 57). Canonical page: https://probativegrowth.com/data/eviction-laws/. API: https://probativegrowth.com/data/v1/eviction-laws/index.json. Published by Probative Growth (probativegrowth.com), a marketing agency for US law firms; not a law firm. Not legal advice. This is a research coding of the laws in effect on January 1, 2021, made by the Legal Services Corporation and Temple University from statutes, regulations and court rules. Laws change and local rules can differ; confirm the current rule in the official code before relying on it. Prepared for research and marketing planning.

Notes

Version 1.0.0 (2026-10-30). Not legal advice. Funding: none.

Files

eviction-laws.csv

Files (206.4 kB)

Name Size
md5:a3bad4ee583a5c20c46905819dcbae29
1.4 kB Download
md5:3c0fa5000bc53fda572b07f9ccc82e59
55.9 kB Preview Download
md5:cb8deb6411ac3946c354578bbfad916c
125.1 kB Preview Download
md5:2ab724713fdaf49e4523c4503bfd068d
18.7 kB Download
md5:4c48b132d0ea87cb839605265782a438
5.4 kB Preview Download

Additional details