the legal right to take control of a property as soon as an official arrangement is completed, for example when the property is sold: If a landlord files an immediate possession bond, the tenant has six days in which to respond. (Definition of immediate possession from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

PROPERTY, LAW the legal right to take control of a property as soon as an official arrangement is completed, for example when the property is sold: If a landlord files an immediate possession bond, the tenant has six days in which to respond.

A demand for possession is a legal document sent by a landlord to the tenant that requests the tenant to vacate the premises within a certain amount of time. The purpose of a demand for possession is to initiate the eviction process and give the tenant an official notice to vacate the premises within a certain amount of time.

When a tenant has a lease and the landlord wants to evict a tenant, the landlord must serve some kind of notice demanding immediate possession. If the landlord is evicting because of back due rent, the landlord must serve notice with a demand for payment.