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You must use court process to evict the tenant. To do this, you must wait at least forty-eight hours after entry of a judgment or a default before you return to the Landlord and Tenant Clerk's Office to file a writ of restitution, which orders the eviction of the tenant. If you have a "default," you must turn the "default" into a "judgment" by filing a Servicemembers affidavit with the court certifying that the tenant is not on active duty with the military or other government service. The filing fee for the writ is $213 (clerk's fee is $10, US Marshals Service fee is $195 and the US Marshals Administrative Fee is $8). If you received a judgment (rather than a default), you are not required to file the Soldiers and Sailors affidavit.

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