Eviction, ejectment, or unlawful detainer?

Use it when the person has an agreement with you to pay rent, whether that agreement was written down or only spoken.

Example. A tenant pays you $800 a month. They stop paying, and you serve written notice to pay within three days or move out.

Goes to circuit court instead if the lease is non-residential and you are seeking more than $50,000 in damages.

Use it when the person has no agreement to pay rent, no permission to stay, and makes no claim to own the property.

Example. You let a relative or a former partner stay in your home. You have asked them to leave and they will not go.

Goes to circuit court instead if you are seeking more than $50,000 in damages.

Use it when you own the property and the other person claims that they own it. This one is about title, not rent.

Example. You buy a property and record your deed. The former owner then sells it again to someone else, who moves in and insists the property is theirs.

Title disputes belong in circuit court regardless of the amount claimed.