An eviction case has been opened on my tenancy — what Seayora shows me

If your landlord opens an eviction case on Seayora you are told, and you can see it: the stage it has reached, what is outstanding, any hearing date, and — first on the page — what would end it, including free legal help where it is available.

If your landlord opens an eviction case through Seayora, you are emailed and alerted, and an Eviction section appears in My Home. It is there only when there is a case — it is not a permanent tab on everyone’s account.

What would end this comes first

The first thing on the page is not the procedure. It is the list of things that would end the case, because in most states paying what is owed ends a nonpayment case as of right — the landlord cannot decline it — and in some places free legal representation is a right whatever you earn.

Every option there is generated from the rules for your jurisdiction rather than written by your landlord, and where a legal-aid service exists for your area, the link to it is on the page. Seayora is not your landlord’s lawyer and it is not yours.

What else you can see

The stage the case has reached and what has to happen next.
What is actually outstanding, recomputed live rather than frozen at the amount on the notice.
The hearing date and place, if one has been set.
The record — every step as it moved, and the notes your landlord did not mark internal.
The statute behind each step, so you can check it rather than take anyone’s word for it.

What you cannot see

Notes your landlord marked internal, and what the case is costing them. Neither is yours, and neither changes what you owe.

If you pay

The case closes itself. Seayora recomputes the balance on every read, and a case with nothing outstanding is closed automatically from whatever stage it had reached. That is not a favor the landlord grants — in most states it is a right, and it is why the product does not ask them to confirm it.

If you cannot pay all of it

Ask for a payment plan. A signed plan is an agreement: it stops collection on the covered months while it runs, and an open plan is one of the things that stops an eviction case being opened at all. It costs nothing to ask.

Things your landlord may not do

Do not change the locks, remove the tenant’s belongings, shut off a utility, remove a door or a window, or threaten any of those things. Self-help eviction is unlawful in every state. It converts a case you would probably win into one you will certainly lose, and it exposes you to damages, penalties and in several states criminal liability — often several times the rent you are owed. A tenant may only be removed by a sheriff, marshal, constable or court officer executing a court order. Seayora will not help with anything else and does not record it.

If any of that happens to you, it is an illegal lockout in every state Seayora covers, and the penalties are severe — in several states the landlord owes multiple months of rent in statutory damages plus your legal costs. Contact the legal-aid service linked on your case.

Most states bar an eviction brought in retaliation for a repair request, a code complaint, joining a tenants’ organization or exercising a legal right, and several presume retaliation where the case follows one within a set period. Where Seayora can see a recent repair request or complaint on this tenancy, it says so — not to stop you, but because the tenant’s lawyer will raise it and you should have an answer.

Frequently asked questions

My landlord opened an eviction case. Will I be told?

Yes. Seayora emails you and puts an alert in your account when a case is opened, and an Eviction section appears in My Home showing the stage, what is outstanding, any hearing date, and what would end it.

If I pay what I owe, does the eviction stop?

On Seayora the case closes itself as soon as the balance is gone, from whatever stage it had reached. In most states paying is a statutory right that ends a nonpayment case and the landlord cannot decline it — which is why the product does not ask them to confirm it. What a court does with a case already filed depends on your state, and it is worth taking advice.

Can my landlord change the locks or shut off the utilities?

No. That is an illegal lockout in every state Seayora covers and the penalties are severe — commonly several months of rent in statutory damages plus your legal costs. Only a court can order possession and only a sheriff, marshal or constable can carry it out. Contact the legal-aid service linked on your case.

Can I get free legal help with an eviction?

Often, yes. Several cities and states guarantee a lawyer in eviction proceedings regardless of income, and legal-aid services exist almost everywhere. Where Seayora holds the referral for your jurisdiction it is linked on your case, at the top of the page rather than in a footnote.

Can I see everything my landlord wrote about the case?

You see the record — every step as it moved and every note not marked internal. Internal notes and what the case is costing your landlord are not shown, and neither affects what you owe.

Does an eviction case on Seayora go on my credit file?

No. Seayora does not furnish anything to a credit bureau or a tenant-screening company, and an eviction case is not reported anywhere by this product. Court records are public and are collected by screening companies independently of Seayora.

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Payment Plans for Rent You Cannot Pay in Full — Documentation. How a resident asks to spread a month’s rent — or is offered one — how the schedule can be shaped, how a landlord decides it, what the signed agreement says, when a date can be moved, and exactly what happens if an installment is missed.
The eviction record — append-only, and why attached messages are frozen — Documentation. Every eviction case keeps a record: each step as it moves, notes, costs, and the messages you attach from the conversation. Nothing is edited or deleted, and an attached message is stored as it read at the moment you attached it — because the live one can still be changed by whoever sent it.
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