When Your Landlord Has Locked You Out or Cut Off Your Utilities

Information Packet  - Click here for information on your options if you have been locked out or had your utilities cut off.

Forms - updated January 2026

• Statement of Inability  - Fill out this form if you are unable to afford the filing or service fees, other court fees, or an appeal bond.
• Application for Writ of Re-Entry  -  Fill out this form to ask the court to let you back in if you have been illegally locked out.
• Application for Writ of Restoration  - Fill out this form to ask the court to make the landlord turn the utilities back on if they were illegally disconnected.
• Application for Writ of Retrieval  - Fill out this form to ask the court to have a peace officer accompany you to retrieve essential items from your current or former residence.
• Bond for Writ of Retrieval - Fill out this form if the judge asks you to post a bond when applying for a writ of retrieval.