Complaint, NonPayment of Rent
Landlord-Tenant
Use this form if you are a landlord, your tenant has not
After completing this form, the court will issue a
paid rent, you have given the tenant notice to either
summons (form DC 104). The defendant must be
pay rent or move out, and the tenant has done neither.
served with a copy of both the Complaint and the
Summons using 2 methods of service; first class mail
and either personal delivery or registered or certified
By filing this form with the court, you are asking the
mail, return receipt requested.
court to award you possession of the premises and/or a
money judgment for damages.
After mailing a copy of the Complaint and Summons
on the defendant by first class mail, complete the
Certificate of Mailing on the Summons form and
attach the postal receipt.
Choose your second method of service. If you want
If the court enters an order awarding you possession
to serve the defendant personally, you can contact
of the property, you may still have to get another
the court to help you hire a process server. The
order to evict the tenant if the tenant refuses to leave.
process server will file proof of service with the
court.
If you choose registered or certified mail, when you
receive the return receipt back, make a copy for
yourself. Then complete the Proof of Service on the
Summons form and attach the original return receipt
and file the Proof of Service with the court. Include
the Certificate of Mailing and postal receipt in your
filing.
(Form DC 102a)