Lockout is the word landlords use for getting the keys back. There is a legal version and an illegal one. The legal path is a dispossessory, a judgment, a writ of possession, and execution with the county officer present — then locks changed on that same authorized visit. Changing locks, shutting off utilities, or stacking belongings at the curb without that process is self-help. EvictIQ does not do self-help. We are not a law firm. This is not legal advice.
The court-ordered lockout with the executing office on the calendar.
Rekey after a lawful recovery or a verified vacancy — not a shortcut around the writ.
Unpaid rent does not authorize a self-help lockout. The legal path is demand, dispossessory, judgment, writ, and execution. EvictIQ only coordinates that court-ordered path. We are not a law firm.
After a lawful setout or on a unit we have verified vacant. Occupancy is checked before anyone rekeys a door that might still be lived in.
People use the words interchangeably. Operationally, setout is the execution day; lockout is the lock-and-secure piece of that day — or a later rekey on a recovered unit. Both still require the legal path when someone is in possession.
Tell us the property and where the case stands. Written scope and price come back before anything is filed.
Same-business-day review on most cases. Written price before any work starts.