[muawiyah]

Are you kidding? The tenant was out on the street. The place was emptied of anything they wanted to take with them, and the Sheriff was back at home eating dinner.

Landlords are expected to have some gumption. Getting their own doors open is their problem, not the Sheriff's.

[NoGrayZone]

You said the Sheriff locked the door; therefore, he had the key. How did the Sheriff get the key? The deadbeat tenant happily handed it over?