Month to Month vs day to day leases In Califorina
Well, for as short as your question looks... there's a lot to it.
The first, and probably most important aspect of the answer, will vary depending on where the property is located. Each state has different laws and different lengths of notices that must be given, etc. There is a "sticky" at the top of this forum that has a link to each state's landlord / tenant laws. In most cases you should be able to find an outline of how your state handles evictions on there.
Another issue that may come into play is that if you're renting property literally by the day it may be considered a hotel, rather than a residential lease. That also varies a lot.
Generally, the amount of notice you must give someone is based on how often they pay rent. That's just to give them a general notice to move out and end their "periodic tenancy". If you're wanting to evict for non-payment of rent or another lease violation, your state will have a procedure for this. Again, this is very general... you'll give them a notice to pay (or stop whatever violation their committing). It can be anywhere from 3 to 10 days - whatever your state requires. Then at the end of that time frame if the violation hasn't been corrected you would proceed to your local eviction court (usually Justice of the Peace or Magistrate) and file an eviction suit against them. A court date will be set, they'll be served notice of the hearing. You'll either get a default judgement against them if they don't attend the hearing or they'll show up to defend themselves. Assuming the judge rules in favor of eviction they'll have another period to get out. (It's actually a period they have to file an appeal.) If that comes and goes and they're not out then you go file for a writ of possession and that's when the sherriff will finially come remove them and return possession of the property to you. It CAN / COULD take as long as 60 to 90 days... or even longer in some places. Where I live I can have someone out in less than 3 weeks.
As far as getting someone out the next day if they're day - to - day... I think that's true if you qualify as a "hotel / motel" type lodging. If it's a residential rental you'd still have to evict unless they just go willingly.
Sorry, I rambled on a bit. Hope that answered or steered you in the right direction.
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