Q: Can I evict a buyer for my land contract if they default and I have filed a forfeiture notice?
Here is the wording of my contract:
Forfeit
f) If the Purchaser shall fail to perform this contract or any part thereof, the Seller immediately after such default shall have the right to declare the same forfeited and void, and retain whatever may have been paid hereon, and all improvements that may have been made upon the premises, together with additions and accretions thereto, and consider and treat the Purchaser as his tenant holding over without permission and may take immediate possession of the premises, and the Purchaser and each and every other occupant removed and put out. In all cases where a notice of forfeiture is relied upon by the Seller to terminate rights hereunder, such notice shall specify all unpaid moneys and other breaches of this contract and shall declare forfeiture of this contract effective in fifteen days after service unless such money is paid and any other breaches of this contract are cured within that time.
A: Yes. A land contract forfeiture action is provided for by the court rules, and there are court forms for the procedure. An attorney could handle this for you, or you might be able to get it dome yourself.
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