It should take the time necessary for his attorney to prepare the court summons and have the process server give it to you. On the off-chance that you gave him the rent but he still wants you out, there may be a time limit of 30 days to begin the legal process before it converts into a new month-to-month rental agreement. Assuming you havenu2019t paid rent for the new month, he is driven by the fact that every day he is losing money, and is not going to delay. But there probably isnu2019t any particular time limit, except maybe after a few years when you might start to acquire squatters rights.