Motion To Set Aside Default Judgment California Unlawful Detainer
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Motion to set aside default judgment california unlawful detainer. A motion to set aside a default based on c c p. The judgement may be set aside or modified in accordance with defendant s motion for judgment not withstanding the verdict. This blog post will discuss some of the issues involved in filing an ex parte application to vacate a default and default judgment in an unlawful detainer eviction or ud proceeding in california. Due to the short time frames involved in an unlawful detainer if the tenant is still living in the premises it is best to do an ex parte application instead of a regular noticed motion.
Check the box that says you re asking for a judgment by clerk by default and possession only. Also fill out item 1. 473 d allows a court to set aside a default judgment at any time where the judgment is void on its face. The judgment may.
Any default judgment issued by the court prior to the expiration of the defendant s thirty days to respond is void. Or ii 180 days after service on him or her of a written notice that the default or default judgment has been entered and upon a finding by the court that the motion was made within the period permitted by. 1725 main st room 210. Motion to set aside default judgment forms.
The judgment may be set aside or modified in accordance with defendant s motion for a new trial. In addition the landlord should argue that the setting aside of a default be conditioned on payment of all rent into court for the period from when the eviction could have been obtained on the default judgment through trial. I two years after entry of a default judgment against him or her. 473 b must be filed within a reasonable time but in no case later than six months of the date the default was set aside.
The notice of motion shall be served and filed within a reasonable time but in no event exceeding the earlier of. Under ccp 473 b the court may set aside a default and default judgment if the defendant asking for the set aside presents enough evidence to the court to demonstrate that the default was entered by inadvertence mistake surprise or excusable neglect. The judgment may be set aside or modified as requested in defendant s motion to vacate default judgment. The judgment may be set aside or modified in accordance with defendant s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict.
The judgment may be set aside or modified in accordance with defendant s motion for a new trial. Fill out the top left side of the form. If a tenant makes a motion to set aside a default judgment the landlord should immediately oppose the motion to set aside the default. Use form ud 110 judgment unlawful detainer.
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