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Re: Tenant moves out without paying rent on lease - Landlord Forum thread 121676

Re: Tenant moves out without paying rent on lease by Anon on May 17, 2006 @01:19

                              
If BOTH tenants do not sign off as you put it, you cannot change the locks & re-rent the place cuz technically they still are renting the place even if they are behind on their rent.

You need to issue the demand for rent when they are past due with the correct amount of days they have to cure their default before you can proceed with filing for eviction with the courts.

If you just change the locks, your tenant can come back & sue you for locking them out & THEY will win in court & you will be out lots of $$. Courts do not take kindly on landlords that break the law & will punish you dearly. A Real Estate Attorney told me of a case that the landlord who locked out his tenant was sued by the tenant & won. The landlord was fined 1 months rent for EACH DAY the tenant was locked out (30 days) which cost the guy $30,000.

READ UP ON THE LANDLORD TENANT LAWS or better yet call an Real Estate Attorney that deals specifically with landlord/tenant issues.

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