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Take pains to remove a renter from your property legally, or you could find yourself on the wrong side of the law.
Step 1: Check your local laws
Contact your county clerk’s office to check the laws governing eviction proceedings in your jurisdiction.
Tip
If you are managing government-subsidized housing, follow the eviction rules established by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Step 2: Know your rights
Know the valid reasons for evicting a tenant, which include nonpayment of rent, a violation of their lease, and creating a health or safety problem. Landlords do not need a reason to evict month-to-month tenants, and they can choose not to renew a tenant’s lease without giving a reason.
Step 3: Don’t evict on your own
Don’t attempt to evict your tenant by force, or try to get them to leave by cutting off their heat or water, changing their locks, or tossing their possessions. These methods are all illegal.
Step 4: Have a paper trail
Have your documentation in order, including a copy of the lease, written notices you have sent to the tenant concerning any problems, and any other proof of your claim, like bounced rent checks or photos of property damage.
Step 5: Give them fair notice
Let the tenant know in writing that you are planning to evict them if they don’t pay their rent or correct a violation by a certain date. How much time you must give them varies from state to state.
Tip
If you are evicting a month-to-month tenant without cause, make sure you are giving the advance notice required by your state, which can be anywhere from 20 to 90 days.
Step 6: Go to court
If the tenant hasn’t addressed the problem within the time frame cited, file an eviction notice with the local court. If the tenant doesn’t respond within the time defined by the court, you win by default. If the tenant challenges the eviction, the case may go to a hearing.
Step 7: Post a notice
If you win the case, a representative of the court – like a sheriff, marshal, or constable – will post a notice on the tenant’s door giving them a move-out date, at which time the tenant and their possessions will be forcibly removed from the premises by the court representative if they haven’t vacated on their own.
Step 8: Cover their cost
If the tenant wins, you will have to let them stay and pay their costs of fighting the eviction, in most cases. So be sure to follow the letter of the law before starting proceedings!
Did You Know?
The number of cases landlords filed in New York City for back rent rose 19 percent in the first two months of 2009.
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If it takes few months can you ask the court to tell the tenant to pay the lost rent?
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Changing the locks is legal in my country if A the eviction period of 28 days has expired and B they are refusing to leave with no evidence of new housing
WHY DO I NEED A COURT TO EVICT I DIDNT NEED ONE TO MOVE HIM IN ITS MY HOUSE NOT THE JUDGES , 100% ABOUT MONEY THE RENTER HAS ALL THE RIGHTS , BY DESIGN TO DESTROY ALL HSRD WORKING PEOPLE
SCREW ALL THAT
Step one: offer to give the rent back for the month if he can move out in 2 weeks.
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And if you have a truck offer to help move them this is a much cheaper much easier way to evict a tenant
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My stepmom who evicted me did not do by law and was 3 days get out and call adult phone and child.protect also . Get more money it did not work.ben his girlfriend made stepman do it Ben girlfriend threat me but call the law on her and my stepmom and Ben girlfriend it back ???? on then go around go round
So if I buy a new house and I want to move in to live in there because I have no other place, that wouldn't be a valid eviction reason to get the tenant out of my house ?
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i had a low life middle class criminal landlord put my stuff out side i called the cops they made him put my stuff back in the apartment and i won in court becaue he rented me an illegal room in his illegal rooming house
Nobody enjoys evicting tenants, but it’s has to be done wisely. ???????? if you strongly agree.
What if I have taken a homeless person. But he was using drugs do I have the right to evict him personally? Or should I go to the police?
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