Attorneys-at-Law · Lexington, Kentucky
Evictions and Tenant Debt Collections for Landlords in Fayette and Surrounding Adjacent Counties — Jessamine, Madison, Scott, Clark, Bourbon and Woodford
Flat Fee Schedule
If your tenant doesn’t move after the eviction judgment, we will obtain a writ of possession for $100.00 plus costs.
* Plus Court Costs and Miscellaneous Fees
Areas of Practice
Kentucky Law does not recognize Specialty of Practice in any special area of the law.
ContactWhy hire counsel
Filing an eviction requires time to prepare a complaint and two separate trips to the courthouse – first, to file the complaint and second, for the hearing. It takes your time to wait for a filing clerk and sit in a court room to wait for your case to be called. This is time consuming, inefficient and requires parking fees and gas.
Hiring us will save you multiple trips to the court house and helps to avoid costly legal mistakes. Since most judges allow lawyers to present their cases before the general docket is called, you will not waste time waiting for your case to be called if you are required to attend.
If a corporation or LLC owns the property, you will need a lawyer to represent you. In Bobbett vs Russellville Mobile Park, LLC, the Kentucky Court of Appeals said the filing of an action by a non-attorney was inappropriate. The Court noted that it is a criminal misdemeanor in Kentucky for a non-attorney to engage in the practice of law. The Court dismissed the eviction.
As the individual owner of the property, you could represent yourself legally. However, hiring an attorney allows you to avoid errors. If your case is dismissed, you would lose weeks and hundreds of dollars in filing fees. You could be managing your property as opposed to preparing documents, making trips to the courthouse and worrying about potential mistakes.
Commercial evictions are not affected by COVID issues and we can proceed quickly. In most cases, we can assert a landlord lien on the property of the commercial tenant to facilitate collection of delinquent rent. We will quote you a flat fee for commercial evictions after review of your case.
The process
We use email and fax to print a “hard” copy of all correspondence for court.
We obtain a simple engagement letter signed by you. When the eviction is obtained, we bill you for the flat fee plus court costs. You can pay your balance electronically through Pay Pal or by check.
Normally, we can obtain evictions without meeting you in person. As a general rule, your presence in court will not be needed. When you are needed in court to provide testimony on contested evictions or because the judge requires it, your time will still be kept to a minimum as most judges allow attorneys to present their cases first.
If your tenant refuses to move after obtaining the eviction, we can continue our representation to obtain a “writ of possession”. That way, the Sheriff will assist to remove the tenant and the tenant’s property from your premises. For this service, there will be additional court costs and fees for the writ and Sheriff’s fee.
Common questions
In Fayette county, an uncontested eviction for non-payment of rent of a residential tenant costs $150.00 plus filing fees and other court costs. The surrounding counties cost $200.00. “Uncontested” means the tenant has no affirmative defense to the Forcible Detainer (eviction). See the full flat fee schedule.
Fayette County and the surrounding adjacent counties — Jessamine, Madison, Scott, Clark, Bourbon and Woodford.
No. If a corporation or LLC owns the property, you will need a lawyer to represent you. It is a criminal misdemeanor in Kentucky for a non-attorney to engage in the practice of law, and a Kentucky Court of Appeals decision dismissed an eviction filed this way.
We obtain a writ of possession for $100.00 plus costs, and the Sheriff assists to remove the tenant and the tenant’s property from your premises.
Yes. We pursue collection on a contingent fee basis of half (50%) of the net amount collected, less the court costs advanced by the landlord — “No Recovery—No Fee”.
All tenant information, the property address, tenant payment history and copies of all notices given to the tenant, plus a signed letter of engagement. Download the forms.
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