Demand for possession in Georgia — the paper courts look for
A demand for possession is the notice Georgia practice treats as the start of a lawful eviction. EvictIQ is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. We prepare the demand, document delivery, and refuse to file until the demand period your lease and the county require has run.
Start the demand for possession
Tell us the property and whether any demand already went out.
What's included
- Demand for possession drafted to the lease, ledger, and occupants
- Delivery documented so the demand is provable later
- Timing so the filing that follows is not premature
- Handoff to demand notice services for the catalog workflow
- Written price before anything is filed
What's not
- Legal advice or representation
- A lockout or self-help move-out
- Work outside Georgia
EvictIQ is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. An undocumented or early demand is a common reason a Georgia dispossessory gets dismissed.
The name on the paper
Demand for possession is the Georgia name. Pay or quit, notice to vacate, and eviction notice are how people search the same first step. This lander is the demand itself. The matching catalog page is demand notice services.
When you need this
Use this when nothing formal has gone out and you need the demand on paper before anyone files. If a demand already went out, say so — we will not blindly re-paper the file.
The next step
Send the county and occupant names as they appear on the lease. A coordinator prepares the demand and tells you when filing can start. Do not attach tenant documents here.
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Common questions
Is a demand for possession the lawsuit?
No. The demand is the notice. The lawsuit is a Georgia dispossessory filed after the demand period has run.
Can you file the same day as the demand?
Only when the demand period your lease and the county require has actually run. Filing early is how cases get dismissed.
What we'll need eventually
- The signed lease and any addenda
- Your current ledger, reconciled
- Proof of the demand for possession, if made
- Anything already filed — case number, hearing date, judgment or writ
- Access details for the property
- A coordinator reviews it, usually the same business day.
- You get a written scope and price before anything is filed.
- Nothing starts until you approve it.
Start the Demand
Written scope and price before anything is filed. Nothing starts until you approve it.