Eviction Shielding
Eviction shielding allows certain summary possession actions to be removed from public view. A tenant may apply to the Court in which the action was filed for an order shielding the record when the following requirements are met:
- The judgment against the tenant was a judgment on the merits, a default judgment, or a stipulated judgment, 5 or more years have passed since the judgment was entered, the tenant has satisfied any monetary award included in the judgment, and the tenant has had no other similar judgments within 5 years of the tenant’s motion to shield.
- The parties resolved the action through a stipulated agreement, and the tenant has complied with the terms of the stipulated agreement.
- The landlord withdrew the complaint.
- The Court dismissed the complaint.
- The final judgment was in favor of the tenant.
- The plaintiff and defendant have agreed to the shielding.
- The shielding of the record is clearly in the interests of justice.
If the request to shield is granted by the Court, the action is deemed not to have been filed, and the record being shielded will no longer be accessible to the public. The record still exists within the Court. There is no fee for requesting eviction shielding.
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