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Date: 09/06/2025

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Go to Get Legal Help or text 'eviction' to ILAOHelps at 85622 to apply for legal help. Reply Stop to cancel or Help for help. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency varies. Terms of use and Privacy Policy. 

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This Easy Form helps you make forms to ask the court for more time in your rental unit after being evicted.

The Easy Form does not e-file your forms. You can download the forms and e-filing instructions at the end of the program.

Learn more about asking for more time to move out after an eviction.

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

Form completion time: 10 minutes to 15 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 evicted from your rental unit and want to ask the court for more time before you have to move out.

What do I need first?

To complete this program, you will need a copy of the Eviction Order that was entered against you.

What documents will this create?

This program prepares the following forms:

  • Instructions
  • Motion to Continue (Reschedule) or Extend Time
  • Notice of Court Date for Motion
  • Additional Proof of Delivery
  • Order Granting/Denying Motion to Continue (Reschedule) or Extend Time

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Last revised by staff
June 26, 2025

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Forms

Respond to an eviction Easy Form
This Easy Form helps you respond to an eviction by telling the court and the other parties that you are participating in a court case. It also helps you make an Eviction Answer, Defenses, and Counterclaims form that tells how you respond to what is written in the complaint.
Motion to Dismiss - Landlord posted eviction notice on door Blank form
Use this form if you were sued for eviction after your landlord posted the eviction notice on your door. It will help you dismiss the case because landlords must either hand-deliver or send the eviction notice via certified mail.

Learn more

Vacate default judgment within 30 days
Asking for more time to move out after an eviction
Eviction basics

Worried about doing this on your own?  You may be able to get free legal help.

Apply Online

Forms

Respond to an eviction Easy Form
This Easy Form helps you respond to an eviction by telling the court and the other parties that you are participating in a court case. It also helps you make an Eviction Answer, Defenses, and Counterclaims form that tells how you respond to what is written in the complaint.
Motion to Dismiss - Landlord posted eviction notice on door Blank form
Use this form if you were sued for eviction after your landlord posted the eviction notice on your door. It will help you dismiss the case because landlords must either hand-deliver or send the eviction notice via certified mail.

Learn more

Vacate default judgment within 30 days
Asking for more time to move out after an eviction
Eviction basics
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ILAO is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. ILAO's tax identification number is 20-2917133.