The CDC issued a Federal Eviction Moratorium Order effective September 4, 2020 on residential evictions for nonpayment of rent for "covered persons" from the effective date September 4 through January 31, 2021. Please click here to read the CDC Federal Eviction Moratorium Order.
The order states that a "covered person" may not be evicted from a residential property based on nonpayment of rent or other amounts due under a lease agreement. A tenant must provide to the landlord, owner, or other person who has a right to have them evicted, a sworn Declaration that the tenant meets certain qualifications. Each tenant on the lease must provide one, or they could be evicted. Please click here for Declaration.
The Declaration must be sworn under penalty of perjury and certify the qualifications of the tenant to be covered by the moratorium. Those qualifications include:
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