I Have Been Served With A Dispossessory Warrant. It States That I Can File An Answer. What Is An Answer?
An answer is your response to your landlord`s dispossessory warrant. It can be written or you can tell your response to the court clerk and have it written for you. The answer is your opportunity to state why you do not feel your landlord is legally entitled to have you evicted. If your landlord is seeking to evict you alleging that you violated your lease, your answer should state why you believe that you did not violate the lease. If an answer is filed, the court will schedule a hearing in which the tenant and landlord can each present their case. Anyone who knowingly and willingly makes a false statement in an answer could be found guilty of a misdemeanor.
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