Re: Tenant brought bed bugs into house - Landlord Forum thread 235016

Re: Tenant brought bed bugs into house by Anonymous on September 20, 2011 @19:03

Unless it is a SFH home you are responsible for pest control. Especially in New York. There is case for this. Regardless you cannot hold their security deposit for 5 months after they move out. Most states say 30 days. New York says reasonable. But most likely when they sue you in month 2 if you have no expenses but the bed bugs might come back you will lose. That is if you plan to hold the SFH vacant for those 5 months.
If you don't forget it. If it is a SFH you can charge the security with what you have spent if you have recipts.

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