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Date: 09/06/2025

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This Easy Form helps you make a letter telling your landlord to let you back into your rental property.

The Easy Form does not mail your letter. You can download the letter and instructions at the end of the program.

Learn more about lockouts.

This program will help you make your letter. It will ask questions for you to answer. At the end of the program, you will get a completed letter and instructions. You can save and print them, or the program can email them to you.

Form completion time: 5 minutes to 10 minutes

You will be able to save your work in the middle of the program.

The interview and forms are in English.

Can I use this program?

To use this program:

  • You must have been locked out by a landlord, and
  • You must not have abandoned the property.

What do I need first?

To complete this program, you will need to know:

  • The rental property address, and
  • How your landlord is stopping you from using your apartment.

What documents will this create?

This program prepares the following documents:

  • Instructions
  • End lockout letter

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Last full review by a subject matter expert
May 28, 2021
Last revised by staff
February 26, 2025

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