Need to Evict Tenants in Virginia

[Seth Rob]

Current tenants haven't paid rent since June. They owe over $4000 in rent. I've offered $1500 cash for keys of they got out in August, but they have "no where to go."  Tenants were given 45 and 30 day notice that the lease would not be renewed. The lease ended Aug 31st, now that the lease is over, is this even classified as an eviction? Is going through an eviction without a lawyer a straight forward process? Ideas on how to proceed?

[Sudhanshu Singha]

@Seth Rob I believe in your situation that your tenant would be considered a hold over tenant and you will need to go through the same eviction process as if they are not paying rent regardless of the lease ending date. 

The eviction moratorium was supposed to end on Sept. 7th in Virginia but with the new CDC order you might not be able to evict until next year. The way things are going it is going to be very difficult to evict anyone during this Covid-19 pandemic but some relief may be coming to landlords by the way of local/state or federal legislation. You may want to try offering 5k+ to entice your renters to move since it is better to cut your losses now then possibly be stuck without any rent for 12-15 months if a national moratorium gets passed next year for the entirety of 2021.