Re: former tenant refuses to remove belongings - Landlord Forum thread 330219

Re: former tenant refuses to remove belongings by Anonymous on January 22, 2015 @12:03

You will have to file an eviction suit for the tenant's unpaid holdover after 1/15. Do it immediately. You will also need to ask for a money judgment in the amount of the unpaid rent and the lost/damaged appliances. (You may want to post a 24-hr notice on the door for entry and assess the obvious damages, to include this amount in your request for money judgment.) Do it now, any delay is just wasting time and costing you money.

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Re: former tenant refuses to remove belongings by Leila (California) on January 22, 2015 @16:12	[ Reply ]

Thank you! So we don't have to wait for a certain amount of time to pass before we can file? I feel like we are at his mercy as to when he decides that he is going to get his stuff out!

Re: former tenant refuses to remove belongings by Anonymous on January 23, 2015 @11:26	[ Reply ]

If you have his last day in writing, and he has remained in possession of the property beyond that day (meaning he has property left in the rental or is physically occupying the rental), you can go directly to court to file the eviction without further delay and no notices are required.