Sounds like it’s all going by the book. When the sheriff gets notice, an appointment will be made for the sheriff to go to the property. You or a representative needs to be there. If the tenant is there, the sheriff will have them vacate. Any tenant possessions left behind can be moved to the right of way of the street (means moved to the area against the curb of the street generally) You should make an appointment for the same time to have a locksmith change the locks.
What typically happens is the tenant and some possessions will be gone when you get there. They usually leave a lot of crud behind. What’s left goes to the curb and is no longer your responsibility. The sheriff will tell you where to put it. Change the locks!
I just found out from the clerk they filed for a new hearing by email because they say they are quarantined for covid so now a new hearing for sept 21st.These bastads are going to run this out till the first of the year.
Do they ever!
I buy distressed properties, often from landlords at their wits' end. People leave their mementos, nice clothes, family albums, kids' trophies, all the trash they have accumulated and I mean ALL -- as if they didn't pay to haul it for months -- and furniture, and vermin, such as fleas, rats, bats in the attic, and sometimes even their pets, alive or dead. (That said, a few leave hidden stashes of money, which is always fun to encounter.)
A 30-yard dumpster (or two!) isn't cheap, but the property always is, so I don't mind the expense, but it's mind-boggling to see what people leave behind when they didn't die or go to prison and had months of opportunity to remove their belongings after eviction.
I'm always donating good stuff to local charities, they're almost as grateful as the neighbors of the vanished tenants.