Landlord Tenant Legal Questions and Answers
If I have not renewed my lease, what type of notice should I give when moving?
I am a tenant and I was on a 6 month lease and the landlord never came to sign a new lease and I have been here two months with no lease. I want to move. Do I have to give notices?
10/31/2007 | Category: Landlord Tenant | State: Florida | #11338If a landlord gives you an eviction notice how long does the tenant have to move?
If a landlord gives you an eviction notice how long does the tenant have to move? There is no written rental agreement. I'd like to include that the termination notice that I recieved was for two weeks.
10/31/2007 | Category: Landlord Tenant | State: Alabama | #11311Can my landlord have me locked out if I do not pay in three days?
I failed to pay all of my rent and my landlord served me with a 3 day pay or quit and he says I only have those 3 days to move or the sheriff will lock me out. Can he do that and he is asking me to pay more than I owe him.
10/30/2007 | Category: Landlord Tenant | State: Florida | #11266What are my rights as a tenant if the property has been zoned commercial?
My husband and I signed a 1 year lease with a rental company. We have been in this house going on six months. I just recieved a letter stating that they recieved a letter in the mail from the commisioners office stating that the property is commercial property only and we have 30 days to vacate the property. What rights do I have as the renter, in terms of the deposit and compi...
10/29/2007 | Category: Landlord Tenant | State: Louisiana | #11223What is the process for evicting month-to-month tenants?
We gave verbal notice to out tenants to end the month to month lease. They did not have the rent for October and have not paid as of today. We need to serve written notice. Do I need to do a 30 day notice or can it be less?
10/29/2007 | Category: Landlord Tenant | State: Florida | #11212What can I do to get my 20 year old disrespectful son out of my home?
I have a 20 year old son who is still in high school because he skipped and caused trouble so much they expelled him last year, so this year they allowed him to return and try to gain enough credits for a diplomia, the trouble is he has been using drugs and drinking for sometime, refuses counseling and has become beligerant..social services says I have no right to kick him out ...
10/29/2007 | Category: Landlord Tenant | State: New York | #11185Can the landlord evict us if he does not like us?
I have 4 months left on a years lease. I got an eviction notice with a court date 3 days ago. The reasons being that I let my grandson's ride their go cart in the drive way on 2 different occassions, in the gravel drive way. They say it messes up their gravel. There is no damage at all. Second reason was I had a bad tire and my daughter brought some tires and drop them off for ...
10/27/2007 | Category: Landlord Tenant | State: Virginia | #11059What is the process for evicting a tenant who is having trouble making the rent?
I own a mobile home outright in Gainesville,Fl but the property is not mine. I am renting it out with the option to buy and the tenant has been paying the land rent as well as the mortgage up to now. Now he is starting to have problems coming up with the monthly mortgage and is starting to get behind. I need to know what steps would need to be taken for possible eviction and si...
10/27/2007 | Category: Landlord Tenant | State: Florida | #11050Who is responsible for exterminating the house I rent?
AM I RESPONSIBLE FOR EXTERMINATING THE HOUSE I'M RENTING?? WHEN I MOVED IN, THERE WERE MILLIONS OF BUGS, I USED A COUPLE OF FOGGERS AND SEEMED TO GET RID OF SOME OF THEM, BUT SOME HAVE REMAINED. THEY EVENTUALLY DIDN'T COME BACK, PROBABLY WHEN THE WEATHER GOT WARM, BUT NOW THAT IT'S GETTING COLDER, THEY ARE COMING BACK. THE LANDLORD WAS AWARE OF THIS WHEN IT WAS HAPPENING BEFO...
10/26/2007 | Category: Landlord Tenant | State: Oklahoma | #11002Are we within our right to sue for the cancellation of the lease?
We leased a house and with 2 months left on the lease, I was transferred (work) and moved into company housing, but we have kept paying our rent as we should. We were informed by the property manager that we would be released from our lease if they could find someone to rent the house, so we gave the property manager permission to show the house to prospective tenants and she d...
10/25/2007 | Category: Landlord Tenant | State: California | #10931