Landlord Tenant Legal Questions and Answers
My lease does not cover early termination and I am not able to fulfill payment of full lease
A family member had to leave a rental and move from the area due to a health emergency. Only 5 months were used and 5 months remained on the lease period and a last month's rent was also serving as security deposit, refundable 'subject to payment of all outstanding bills and obligations' it is a very short lease not covering termination or even notices required. Regretfull...
05/04/2009 | Category: Landlord Ten... » Lease Termin... | State: ALL | #16538How much notice am I entitled to if I rent my RV space month to month?
I have my motor home parked in a R.V. here in Bexar Co. I have been renting by the month. Yesterday I received a three day notice to move. I believe I should have at least a month. Am I mistaken? We did have a diesel spill due to a fuel inlet tube but I cleaned it up using an assorption material. No harm was done to the property. I did tell the manager I had the right to sta...
04/29/2009 | Category: Landlord Ten... » Lease Termin... | State: Texas | #16463Am I liable for the rent even if I moved out by the first if I did not give a 30 day notice?
I signed a 1 year lease with a landlord from December 2006-December 2007. I no longer was on a lease; it was month to month. I did not sign another lease agreement. I moved out of the house January 1, 2008. Am I responsible for paying that months rent? I signed an agreement lease at another home proving I didn't live there.
04/29/2009 | Category: Landlord Ten... » Lease Termin... | State: Mississippi | #16365I am being asked to pay back rent after I verbally terminated my lease and received my deposit
I signed a lease for a year. With three months to go on that lease, I wanted to move out. One of my roommates had a friend take over the lease. The landlord and other tenants gave me the verbal 'ok' to move out so that the new tenant could move in. The landlord even gave me my deposit back. As it turns out the new tenant can't pay and after two months the landlord is asking me ...
04/28/2009 | Category: Landlord Ten... » Lease Termin... | State: ALL | #16298What are the proper procedures for eviction when tenants have violated the lease?
My house is in Ohio and I just found out from the realtor my tenants have 2 pets a dog and a cat in the house. The lease states 'Tenants not permitted to keep any pets on the premise'. Can I terminate their contract and have them to vacate the premise by giving them 30 days notice?
04/27/2009 | Category: Landlord Ten... » Lease Termin... | State: Ohio | #16214How to terminate lease and ask tenant to move
I own a house in Texas and it has been rented to tenants by a rental management company. I recently found out that I am transferring back to Texas. The tenant has signed a lease agreement that will not expire until October of 2008. I am moving in June, and prefer to live in the house that I own. Is there a way to legally terminate the lease and ask the tenant to leave?
04/27/2009 | Category: Landlord Ten... » Lease Termin... | State: Texas | #16171Can I terminate the lease and get my deposit back if I have not even moved in?
I recently signed a one year lease to take effect on the 30th of this month, due to the landlord not following through with prior agreements, I want to terminate the lease... Can I get the money back I paid for the deposit and one month rent? The house is still trashed and nothing has been prepared, I have trucks loaded to move and cant because nothing is done.
04/25/2009 | Category: Landlord Ten... » Lease Termin... | State: California | #16132Can I terminate my lease if I just signed it less than a week ago?
Can I cancel my yearly lease agreement without damages if my lease term has not yet begun and I just signed the lease less than a week ago?
04/25/2009 | Category: Landlord Ten... » Lease Termin... | State: Kansas | #16130If a tenant decides not to move in, what monies does landlord have to legally return?
If a tenant decides 8 days into a signed month-to-month lease that she doesn't want to move in and wants ALL money back, meaning deposit AND that whole months rent, is the landlord liable to pay everything back? I, (the landlord) offered to give her the ENTIRE deposit back even though they screwed me over for that month, but I did not deem it appropriate to return that months r...
04/23/2009 | Category: Landlord Ten... » Lease Termin... | State: California | #16102If I terminate my lease early, how ill that effect my roommates?
My two roommates and I now have a written month-to-month lease with our landlord--it was converted to a month-to-month after the first year. The lease requires a 30-day notice to terminate. I want to move out and terminate my obligations under the lease, but my roommates tell me that I cannot do so unless they also seek to terminate the lease. As a cotenant, am I forbidden f...
04/21/2009 | Category: Landlord Ten... » Lease Termin... | State: Idaho | #16078