This indispensable bestseller clearly - and calmly - explains the hows, whens and whys of evicting a tenant. The book provides residential landlords with the answers they need to prepare and serve a legal termination notice, file an unlawful detainer complaint, obtain a default judgment, represent themselves in court, handle a contested eviction suit, deal with eviction delaying tactics, collect the money judgment and more. The 13th edition includes up-to-date court forms as tear-outs and on CD-Rom, and the latest changes to the law.