Once you have your court date and a writ is issued, the tenant will either leave voluntarily or will stay, forcing your to physically set them out. Set Out Procedure is essentially you, the landlord, contacting the Bailiff the day after the 3rd or 7th day of the writ, and asking to schedule a time to set out the tenant. In Hamilton County, you are required to bring people/employees to help move the property out, and boxes and/or garbage bags to put belongings in. They are put in the front yard and it is the tenant’s responsibility to remove them from the property. The Bailiff simply facilitates the procedure. You, as the landlord, WILL DO THE PHYSICAL moving of the property. Keep this in mind when determining how many people you want to help you with the set out. The more people, the faster the process goes.
Hi Brandy. My brother has received a writ of restitution today(Thur. 1-3-13) and the tag says Mon. 1-7-13 at 12:00am. I am assuming this means Sun. night/Mon. morning. Does he have to have his stuff out by then or can he wait until they(the landlord) shows up? Would they(landlord) show up Mon. morning or will it take more time to have the set up date scheduled at a future date? By the way I am in San Diego and he is in Columbus, Ohio. Thanks for taking your time to help.
He has until 1-7-13 at 12 a.m. to move on his own. After that, he can be physically “set out” by the landlord which involves them moving his possessions out of the apartment on to the front lawn. I am not familiar with how Columbus does it’s set outs, but in Cincinnati, it usually takes a couple of days after the writ to get the set out scheduled.