Re: Do I need to give notice when lease is expiring?

Re: Do I need to give notice when lease is expiring? by luchen26@hotmail.com on January 5, 2019 @15:25

Thanks for the info. Here are my concerns: If I slip the Notice To Termination of Tenancy under his bedroom door (there are more than one tenant in this house, each one has his own room) he would/could say "I did not see your notice" or if I use registered mail he can refuse to receive/sign if he see the sender is the landlord. I have posted a courtesy notice in our tenants facebook group and if I click my post showing that he has viewed the message, and I will take a picture of the screen showing he has read the message, would that be the valid proof?

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Re: Do I need to give notice when lease is expiring? by Garry on January 5, 2019 @16:59	[ Reply ]

Most all states accept the fact that no one HAS to pick up cert mail. You need the green receipt from the Post Office that shows you mailed it to him, even if he never picks it up. If not picked up, the cert mailed letter will eventually be returned to you DO NOT open it. Keep it to hand to a judge showing you actually sent it to him. The judge will open it. You can also get a "proof of mailing" sticker from the PO showing you mailed a regular letter-----it costs $1.40. DO NOT slip a notice under any door. It is NOT proof of anything. Tape it to his front door for ALL your Ts to see. He will rip it down ASAP because he doesn't want the other Ts to know you are giving him notice to move. That will mean he got your notice. If you need to stand outside his door before he gets home from work, or before he even leaves for work in the morning, then DO SO--------ANYTHING that results in a meeting face to face. Hand him the letter. If he won't take, drop the letter in front of him, and WALK AWAY, leaving the letter on the floor. If none of this stuff works, another thing to do, is hire a private process server to serve the notice to him. They know how to get person legally served your notice. You may have to go several different routes, all at the same time, to get enough "proof" for a judge.

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