Re: What consitutes - Landlord Forum thread

Re: What consitutes by Betty L. on March 31, 2012 @00:11

"I just cannot believe that legally what has occurred to this point is acceptable". It's hard to believe that you are still harping on this notice thing. You have accepted her notice and offer to give her a reference also. The courts would want to know why you would give her a reference if you did not accept her notice of vacating.

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Re: What consitutes by Ivy on March 31, 2012 @00:41	[ Reply ]

The reason I posted this topic was to find out what legally constitutes a 30- days "written notice" I'm new to being a landlord and yes, I've done my homework on the topic. However, this really threw me getting a text message as notice. I received the text message, so I have no choice but to accept it. I just want to be sure she has met the legal requirement of "written notice". I would like to know my rights under the law and honestly I see nothing wrong with wanting to know this information.

Re: What consitutes by Jake on March 31, 2012 @10:49	[ Reply ]

"I just want to be sure she has met the legal requirement of written notice." Was the notice written?

Re: What consitutes by Anonymous on March 31, 2012 @13:33	[ Reply ]

That opens the discussion as to what one defines as written. Does it mean pen to paper/typed up and printed with the one party delivering the physical paper to the other? If it was on a post-it note would it be acceptable? Is electronic correspondence considered written as there is typing involved? Text messaging is electronic and there is some form of typing involved but it's very informal and how do you show it in court (not tv court but traditional court) if push came to shove and you needed to? I don't think to save my text messages and I sure can't print them out. I imagine you can take a screen shot if you have a smartphone of some type and print out that picture. However, I don't use texting as a form of communication with my tenants. In business, deals and arrangements are often discussed via email and text but in the end a physical contract or notice is drawn up and signed to make it clear and official. There are a lot of questions that require examination of previous cases and rulings involving text messaging and their standing as legal written notice. That form of communication, originally was designed as just for short and quick messaging while you weren't able to make a call for whatever reason. A short "I am on my way", "stuck in traffic," "what do you want to eat for dinner." Within the last couple of years, people have entire relationships solely via texts. Everything from the mundane and silly to serious life changing discussions are happening via text and the law hasn't really caught up enough to firmly and cleary factor this into legal matters that we face everyday.

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Re: What consitutes by Ivy on April 1, 2012 @08:18	[ Reply ]

It was not written, but rather a text message about air conditioning w/leaving being a secondary thought.