Rentals which are part of state or federal subsidy programs such as Section 8 have additional requirements.
Grounds for eviction and notice periods can be complicated. Consider talking to an attorney. See the Finding Legal Help web page for information about the ways to get the help of an attorney.
Starting a court case
If the tenant doesn’t do what the notice tells them to do by the deadline, the landlord can start an eviction case with the court.
The person filing the court case is the plaintiff (the landlord).
The person the case is filed against is the defendant (the tenant).
There is a window in which the case can be filed. The landlord must:
wait until the termination date in the eviction notice has passed before filing a case.
file the case within 60 days after the termination date listed on the eviction notice. If you miss the window, you will have to start the process again with a new eviction notice.
These are the documents needed to start an eviction case:
An eviction complaint. This may sometimes be called complaint for ejectment, or action for ejectment, or something else.
A copy of the lease, if there is one.
A copy of the written termination notice given to the tenant.
Declaration of Compliance with CARES Act (form 100-00031).
Rentals which are part of state or federal subsidy programs such as Section 8 have additional requirements.
Eviction Complaint
The Vermont Judiciary does not have an eviction complaint form. A landlord can use the civil Complaint (form 100-00050) as a general template for what a complaint looks like.
At a minimum, the complaint should include the following information. Each piece of information should be listed as a separate numbered paragraph:
The address of the property.