Will I Get Evicted?

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Compare notice periods and eviction timelines across states.

Open a state guide to check how days are counted, which exceptions apply and where the figures come from. "Not verified" means we have not checked a detail against a law or court source. "None in statute" means we checked and no state statute or court rule sets one.

† Figures with this mark come from the Eviction Research Network's state eviction timeframes dataset dated 2026-07-13. We have not independently checked them against state laws.

Tenant protection rates how much state law protects a renter who is behind on rent, from nine protections such as notice length, paying to stop the eviction and a ban on lockouts. "6 of 9 checked" means three of those have not been verified yet, and each unverified one counts as zero. How the rating works.

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Eviction timelines and protection ratings by state
StateNoticeWrit waitFastestTenant protection
Louisiana515 , not independently verifiedTenant protection: Minimal5 of 9 checked
West VirginiaNone in statuteNot verified5 , not independently verifiedTenant protection: Not yet rated3 of 9 checked
Missouri0Not verified6 , not independently verifiedTenant protection: Minimal4 of 9 checked
Kansas3Not verified7 , not independently verifiedTenant protection: Weak4 of 9 checked
Wyoming327 , not independently verifiedTenant protection: Minimal4 of 9 checked
Nevada718 , not independently verifiedTenant protection: Moderate8 of 9 checked
Florida319 , not independently verifiedTenant protection: Minimal4 of 9 checked
North Dakota309 , not independently verifiedTenant protection: Not yet rated3 of 9 checked
Iowa339 , not independently verifiedTenant protection: Minimal5 of 9 checked
Utah339 , not independently verifiedTenant protection: Weak6 of 9 checked
Arkansas319 , not independently verifiedTenant protection: Not yet rated3 of 9 checked
Mississippi3710 , not independently verifiedTenant protection: Weak5 of 9 checked
Hawaii10Not verified10 , not independently verifiedTenant protection: Weak4 of 9 checked
Indiana10Not verified10 , not independently verifiedTenant protection: Weak4 of 9 checked
Alaska7Not verified10 , not independently verifiedTenant protection: Not yet rated3 of 9 checked
South DakotaNone in statuteNot verified10 , not independently verifiedTenant protection: Not yet rated3 of 9 checked
Idaho3311 , not independently verifiedTenant protection: Weak7 of 9 checked
Wisconsin5011 , not independently verifiedTenant protection: Minimal4 of 9 checked
Illinois5Not verified12 , not independently verifiedTenant protection: Not yet rated3 of 9 checked
Oklahoma5212 , not independently verifiedTenant protection: Weak5 of 9 checked
Ohio3None in statute12 , not independently verifiedTenant protection: Minimal4 of 9 checked
Arizona5513Tenant protection: Moderate8 of 9 checked
New Mexico3313 , not independently verifiedTenant protection: Weak8 of 9 checked
Georgia3717 , not independently verifiedTenant protection: Not yet rated3 of 9 checked
South Carolina5117 , not independently verifiedTenant protection: Minimal4 of 9 checked
Kentucky7Not verified17 , not independently verifiedTenant protection: Not yet rated2 of 9 checked
Montana3518 , not independently verifiedTenant protection: Weak5 of 9 checked
Nebraska7Not verified18 , not independently verifiedTenant protection: Weak4 of 9 checked
Texas3619Tenant protection: Minimal8 of 9 checked
California3519 , not independently verifiedTenant protection: Moderate8 of 9 checked
Delaware71021 , not independently verifiedTenant protection: Moderate8 of 9 checked
Alabama7721 , not independently verifiedTenant protection: Weak5 of 9 checked
Maryland10Not verified22 , not independently verifiedTenant protection: Moderate6 of 9 checked
Minnesota14Not verified22 , not independently verifiedTenant protection: Strong6 of 9 checked
New Hampshire7Not verified22 , not independently verifiedTenant protection: Weak4 of 9 checked
North Carolina10Not verified22 , not independently verifiedTenant protection: Weak5 of 9 checked
Washington14324 , not independently verifiedTenant protection: Strong7 of 9 checked
Connecticut3524 , not independently verifiedTenant protection: Weak6 of 9 checked
Michigan71025 , not independently verifiedTenant protection: Moderate6 of 9 checked
New Jersey0327 , not independently verifiedTenant protection: Weak5 of 9 checked
Tennessee141030 , not independently verifiedTenant protection: Not yet rated3 of 9 checked
Colorado101034 , not independently verifiedTenant protection: Moderate8 of 9 checked
Virginia141035 , not independently verifiedTenant protection: Strong7 of 9 checked
Maine7737 , not independently verifiedTenant protection: Weak4 of 9 checked
Pennsylvania101138 , not independently verifiedTenant protection: Not yet rated3 of 9 checked
Rhode Island5641 , not independently verifiedTenant protection: Weak6 of 9 checked
New York141442 , not independently verifiedTenant protection: Moderate7 of 9 checked
District of Columbia102147 , not independently verifiedTenant protection: Strong7 of 9 checked
Vermont141449 , not independently verifiedTenant protection: Moderate5 of 9 checked
Oregon10451 , not independently verifiedTenant protection: Weak7 of 9 checked
Massachusetts141056 , not independently verifiedTenant protection: Strong