Los Angeles Eviction Lawyer Blog

After you have obtained a judgment on your unlawful detainer complaint, you have to make a request for a writ of possession.  Then the writ of possession along with the sheriff instruction is delivered to the Sheriff office.

Then the sheriff will go to the property listed on the judgment and post a 5 day notice.  It notifies the tenant that they have 5 days to leave before the sheriff comes back.  If they fail to do so, the sheriff will remove them and have possession back to the landlord.

The landlord will be notified in advance when the sheriff will be at the property and to have a respresentative there along with a locksmith to take back possession.

Any property remaining on the property will be stored by the landlord for 15 days.  After that, any property under the value of $300 can be thrown away.  Anything above that can be sold at auction to recoup cost and expenses incurred by the landlord.