Landlord Tenant Legal Questions and Answers
What are my options for keeping the deposits due tot he pet urine odor and replacing of carpets?
I am a landlord who rented a home to a couple with 2 dogs and a cat. They paid a pet deposit of $200 and a security deposit of $500 when they moved in April of 2005. They where very good tenants and I had no issues with them. When they moved in as stated in the move-in inspection list everything was brand new (carpets, paint, windows and blinds etc.) we had just remodele...
05/09/2007 | Category: Landlord Ten... » Security Dep... | State: California | #4318Has my security deposit aquired interest since I have been living in the apartment 10 years?
I am going to be moving out of my apartment that I have resided in for 10 years. I would like to know if my security deposit I paid should accumulate interest? If so, at what rate? Is this a law that a landlord has to pay interest after so many years?
05/09/2007 | Category: Landlord Ten... » Security Dep... | State: Pennsylvania | #4303Can I use my security deposit for last month's rent if I have already given my notice?
If I plan to leave my room that I am renting in 30 days, and have given my landlord notice, can I apply my security deposit for the last months rent?
05/01/2007 | Category: Landlord Ten... » Security Dep... | State: California | #3512Can landlord keep deposit to repaint and replace carpet if it was not needed?
A tenant moves into new home on lease agreement; 3 occupants and 2 dogs are listed. No pet deposit requested by landlord or listed on lease. After 1.5 years, the tenant moves out, landlord wants to keep $3,000 security deposit to paint walls and replace carpet, can he?
04/25/2007 | Category: Landlord Ten... » Security Dep... | State: Kentucky | #3318How must interest does a $750 Security Depoist amount to?
How must interest does a $750 Security Depoist amount to?
04/09/2007 | Category: Landlord Ten... » Security Dep... | State: Maryland | #2807Can a tenant rent the leasehold to any other person without landlord’s prior consent?
I am moving to Texas next month. I have found a job in the Dallas. The house that I have finalized is close to my office but the rent seems to be high. Once I take possession of the rental premises, can I rent one of the rooms to another tenant without taking the consent of the landlord?
02/07/2017 | Category: Landlord Ten... » Sublease | State: ALL | #31679Can I make my tenant liable for the damages caused after subleasing an apartment?
My tenant subleased the apartment I rented out to him to his friend in spite of an express provision in the lease agreement prohibiting him to do so. His friend has caused damage to the kitchen cupboards. Can I make my tenant liable for the damages?
01/16/2017 | Category: Landlord Ten... » Sublease | State: California | #30304When two people are co-tenants on a lease and one of them would like the other to leave what can be done?
When two people are co-tenants on a lease and one of them would like the other to leave (a relationship dispute that is bordering on domestic violence) , what can be done?
06/07/2007 | Category: Landlord Ten... » Sublease | State: Wisconsin | #6247Does my landlord have an obligation to supply heat during the winter?
My landlord and I do not have a written lease agreement first of all, but it is currently between 30 and 45 degrees where I live during the day and between 10 and 30 degrees aat night, and we have no sufficient heat source, we use our cook stove for heat and a little oil filled heater in our childrens room, which has no insulation. Our landlord has been promising us a reliable ...
11/27/2007 | Category: Landlord Ten... » Uniform Resi... | State: Nevada | #12907What can I do if my landlord is evicting me in retalliation of filing a complaint against him?
My landlord is trying to evict me from my apartment because I requested that she remove the snow from the last time it snowed in March of this year (2007). When she did nothing about removing the snow and ice from the common walk area, I called Bayonne Quality of Life to file a complaint with the city of Bayonne. About a week after my complaint to the City of Bayonne, I recie...
04/03/2007 | Category: Landlord Ten... » Uniform Resi... | State: New Jersey | #2547