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Tenant stopped
paying rent?
Start the clock.
Upload the lease and we take it from there — notice, filing, service, and the sheriff lockout. You never file a form or visit a courthouse.
$599flat, whole matter
3-Day Notice through the sheriff lockoutYou approve; we do the rest5.0 on Google21 reviewsServing the Bay Area today
Every day before Day 0 is rent you don’t get back. The notice is the only thing that starts this clock.
Illustrative timeline for a straightforward nonpayment matter. Real dates depend on the court and service.
What the $599 covers.
One fee for the whole matter, not per step. Court fees are advanced by us and invoiced at cost — those are the court’s numbers, not ours.
Included in the package · flat
- 3-Day Notice preparationincluded
- Notice serviceincludeddocumented attempts
- Court filing coordinationincluded
- Summons & complaint serviceincludedup to 3 attempts
- Proofs of serviceincludedcourt-ready, every step
- Deadline & default trackingincluded
- Writ & sheriff lockoutincludedwe deal with the sheriff
Passed through at cost
- Court filing fee — set by the courtat costadvanced, invoiced later
- Sheriff lockout fee — if it gets thereat costadvanced, invoiced later
Quoted before we start
- Additional tenants at other addressesPer address
- Skip trace — tenant has moved$60free with this package
You’ll see the full price before you approve anything. We don’t start a quoted item until you say yes to the number. Contested matters, rent control defenses, and anything needing legal strategy are outside this package — we’ll say so before you pay, not after.
The same work, ordered piece by piece
These are our own published rates — the ones on our pricing page and in our checkout. A nonpayment matter needs most of them.
- Serve the 3-Day Notice — one service order$110
- E-file the complaint — per filing$65
- Serve the summons and complaint — a second service order$110
- Deadline tracking, default tracking, writ guidancenot sold separately
The $285 buys three isolated errands. It does not include preparing the notice, knowing which day the notice period actually ends, catching a missed response deadline, or getting the writ to the sheriff. That coordination is most of the work, and it’s the part that goes wrong when nobody owns it.
We review your notice and lease before taking payment. If the matter doesn’t fit the flat fee, we tell you then — not after you’ve paid.
Only need the notice served for now? Notice service anywhere in California, $50
Four steps, and you see all of them.
You act once, at step one. After that every notice served, filing confirmed, and attempt logged lands in your inbox the day it happens — no status calls, nothing for you to file.
- 01
Send us the notice, lease, or papers
Upload what you have. We read the tenancy terms, the amount owed, and the address straight off the page.
- 02
We confirm scope and timing
You see whether the matter fits the flat fee, what happens next, and what the court will charge — before anything starts.
- 03
We serve, file, and serve again
Notice service, filing coordination, then summons and complaint service with up to three documented attempts.
- 04
We see it through the lockout
Court-compliant proof after each step, the default requested if no response lands, then the writ filed and the sheriff booked.
What we actually do.
Every step below is ours to run. You send the paperwork once and approve the scope; after that the notice, the filing, the service, the proofs and the sheriff are handled without you chasing any of it.
Whether this is the right thing to buy.
We’d rather tell you no now than take $599 for a matter this package can’t finish.
This package fits
- Straightforward nonpayment — rent is owed and unpaid
- Landlords who want organized support without an attorney retainer
- Property managers who need deadline visibility across units
- One team handling service, filing coordination, and proofs
You need a lawyer instead
- Attorney representation in court
- Legal strategy or legal advice
- Contested cases and habitability or retaliation defenses
- Advice on whether to file at all, or whether to settle
Northbound Legal is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice or attorney representation. We provide eviction support, filing coordination, legal document service, and process serving only.
What clients say.
Speed, communication, and follow-through are what come up — 5.0 across 21 Google reviews.
“Great job on service! They got it done right away, with great communications and great confirmation! I would highly recommend.”
“Northbound is very efficient. They did everything professionally and did everything they said they would do.”
“I had a great experience with Northbound Legal. They were super nice, communicative, and made sure I understood every step of the process.”
Where we serve in person.
Direct field coverage radiates out from Richmond across Contra Costa, Alameda, San Francisco, and Marin. Elsewhere in California we coordinate filing and document service.
Core direct coverage
Our own servers, at the door, with GPS and timestamped attempts.
Extended California support
Outside the core Bay Area we coordinate notice service, summons and complaint service, proofs of service, and filing so the workflow stays organized and deadline-focused.
Questions landlords ask first.
We can tell you what a document is and how it must be served. We can’t tell you how to argue your case — that’s a lawyer’s job.
Every day you wait is rent you don’t get back.
Send us the notice, the lease, or whatever you have. We’ll tell you if the flat fee covers it before you pay anything.
We review your notice and lease before taking payment. If the matter doesn’t fit the flat fee, we tell you then — not after you’ve paid.
Serving Contra Costa, Alameda, San Francisco, and Marin · Court fees advanced and invoiced at cost