In Sacramento County approximately 70% of all the eviction cases filed with the Court will take approximately 15 to 21 days within which to obtain possession of the premises from the date that the tenant is served wth a copy of the lawsuit for Unlawful Detainer. The other approximately 30% of the cases will take approximately 30 - 45 days within which to obtain possession of the premises from the date that the tenant is served with the lawsuit. These statistics are based upon the filing and prosecution of over 32,000 evictions cses in Sacramento County by this office over the last twenty-five years.

Note that the 70% figure represents those cases where the tenant has been served with a copy of the lawsuit, and has failed to file any opposing papers with the court. Consequently, this office will file a "Request to Enter Default" against your tenant as soon as the five days from the date of the service of the lawsuit have expired. We shall then instruct the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office to evict your tenant. Occasionally, some cases may take longer due to a variety of tenant delay tactics. Please see the next question for what the typical "tenant delay tactics" are.