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How to Fill Out Forcible Detainer Forms
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Print out five completed copies of the form and bring them to the appropriate court with your fee. You also may bring one completed form and have the court make four copies for you. However, you will be charged an additional $2.00 copy fee if you ask court staff to copy your forms for you.
NOTE: You can not save completed forms to your computer's hard drive. If you want to clear the entire form to start over, click on the reset tab at the bottom of the page.
Read all Forcible Detainer instructions BEFORE filling out your form. The form contains both the complaint and the summons. Read the instructions carefully as filing time limits in cases of Forcible Detainer are very short.
Once you have read all the relevant instructions, fill in all the fields in the complaint and summons form that you can access. You will not be able to type information into those parts of the form reserved for the defendant and court staff.Print out five completed copies of the form and bring them to the appropriate court with your fee. You also may bring one completed form and have the court make four copies for you. However, you will be charged an additional $2.00 copy fee if you ask court staff to copy your forms for you.
NOTE: You can not save completed forms to your computer's hard drive. If you want to clear the entire form to start over, click on the reset tab at the bottom of the page.
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