My husband and I are affiliated with the military. We allowed someone to live with us so that he could collect BAH. Which is like a housing allowance. Upon his arrival he was verbally given a few small rules to obide by and the consequences for not following the rules of the house would be loss of security deposit and termination. Well, I kicked him out tonight and I need to get information about the Hawaii State law on verbal agreements. My friend says that here they are just as legal as written agreements.
Am I allowed to keep his security deposit?
2006-06-07 02:26:37 · 2 answers · asked by Krystal Lynn H 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Renting & Real Estate
I doubt it. Rather than looking into Hawaii law on verbal agreements, I'd look into Hawaii law on returning tenant's security deposits, and what can be deducted from them. I doubt "breaking the rules" would be a lawful reason to retain a deposit.
In fact, if you just kicked him out... Then you probably violated your state's eviction procedures, and your tenant can take you to court for damages (ever seen the movie "Pacific Heights"?). But then rules get a little sketchy when it's renting out a room of your principal residence.
If the guy didn't cause any monetary damages, I'd just give him his money back unless you're looking for legal hassles.
2006-06-07 08:16:21 · answer #1 · answered by SndChaser 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
verbal agreements are very hard to enforce in a court of law, if thing get really bad see an attorneys help
2006-06-07 02:30:13 · answer #2 · answered by Pobept 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋