If she cannot find a new place by then, sheriff will give her a 24-hours from 9/30, then sheriff lock her out from the property, you hire a locksmith to change the lock, then sheriff will post a big yellow tape at the door that “no body can enter”, and she will just sleep in her car or sleep on the street until she/her social worker can find her a new place.

I used to use padlocks, but it‘s expensive up front and also re-keying when keys get lost, and I had to meet with tenants to provide the key.

What I do is as soon as they leave I walk out to my truck and grab another lock set for each door and change the locks or rekey the doors immediately. 

Buy a rekey kit from Change-a-Lock or Primeline, available online or at home centers.

Rekey, paint, carpet, blinds, switch covers, faucets, doors, AC filters, etc.  

Update is that my husband is at the unit today removing locks to be re keyed.

Apt F was having issues with their lock and they couldn't be at the apt, so I let the locksmith in.

Then detail charges on the security deposit reconciliation for rekeying the unit and for the cost of the cleanout.CRLTO 5-12-130 Landlord Remedies:(e)Abandonment.

., $20 to rekey a lock.

A brand of "landlord" lock that allows you to have master key access to all your properties with one key and to easily re-key smartkey locks when a tenant moves out.