Can you get evicted from a house you are renting just because the owners want to sell it?

Answer 1

varies by state on the laws. if you are a month to month tenant (without a year or longer written lease ) then yes 30 days notice and your out. if you have a written lease then sometimes no. if you have a written lease you may want to talk to a real estate lawyer and or contact landlord tenant court to find out what rights your state/county provides you. some states will allow you to pass to the new owner and rent is paid to them until lease is up or they renew lease. even with a lease sometimes they have a clause written in it stating in event of sale your lease is terminated.

Answer 2

You should check your housing laws in your town but theoretically, you can be evicted at any time at the colclusion of your contract/lease. If you have an informal relationship with the home owner (i.e. renting from friend, brother, other), get your terms of rent written down and for a set legnth of time (1 year, 2, 5). So long as you do not violate the terms, you cannot be evicted.

Answer 3

Yes. But there are laws to give you some protection. If you have a lease then it can only be done in accordance with the terms of the lease. If the lease does not allow them to terminate early then they must give the amount of notice required by your state's statutes. If you have no lease and are an "at will" tenant the they must give the amount of notice required by state statute.

For example: Here in Georgia the law requires that under this circumstance the landlord must give written notice 60 days (actually two rental periods,) in advance and the 60 days cannot begin in the middle of a rental period. So if the landlord notifies you on the 10th of the month that they want you to vacate and your rental period runs from the 1st thru 30th/31st then they would have to give you the rest of that month plus the next two months to vacate the premises.

I had a landlord try to do this to me once, he wanted to give me 20 days notice to vacate. I explained to him what the law says, which he should have known but really did not. I stayed until the end of the two full rental periods and he went and started reading the law that pertains to being a landlord. I pays to know your state's laws, and therefore your rights.

Answer 4

yes, because it is the owners property and once you sign the agreement in the begining, the owner has every right to do what they can as long as its not stated in the contract. As long as they give you enough time to find another place, it should not be a problem. Otherwise if it is, the people who are renting the house still cant do anything about it. It sure does stink when a person does that to you.

Answer 5

You need to look at the lease that you signed to rent the house. Some have provisions that make the lease null and void if the house title changes hands. If you don't have a lease, then you are renting as a month to month tenant, and yes, they can evict you, but they must give you proper notice (depending on what state/city you are in). I'm sorry about the lawyer talk, but they teach us to talk this way! Hope this helps

Answer 6

YES...and NO.

States have different laws;
usually... the property is sold as rental property already rented.
And you'd be allowed to stay. That's how it worked with me in the state of California.

However, if there's some guidance that allows your landlord to evict for the pupose of sale....I'd imagine there's a subclause that says if he has a change of herat his tenants have some right to consideration...or...there's so much time that will coincide with the eviction time - meaning you have 30 days to move out, he has 90 days to sell...or he pays ... in some way.

The standard is 30 days notice for eviction and different states allow for different reasons...it should be that the courts will allow you to stay to the end of your contractual year
...so i would suggest you see an attorney ...
know your rights as a tenant.

Answer 7

Yes they can and that is really messed up. They have the right to say that you have to move, know you might be able to ask the new property owner what they are going to do with and maybe they will let you stay, but 9 times out 10 the buyer told the seller he wants you out of there. Otherwise it wouldn't been a issue.

Answer 8

yes but u must be given a 30 day notice check your lease it may allow for more time i have been thru this twice the landlord cannot just walk up one day and say go and another thing find out if the people who are buying the hose want to rent it or live in it either way u have to be given a 30 day written notice to vacate as long as your rent is paid

Answer 9

Most states regulate the way landlords must handle personal property left behind by departed tenants. Many require landlords to notify tenants of the status of the property, including the landlord's intention to dispose of it on a specified date unless it is reclaimed. Most states require landlords to store the property before disposing of it and allow them to recover removal and storage costs from any proceeds they realize after selling the property. Table 1 shows the process for handling abandoned property in 37 states.

(quoted directly from the website)

Answer 10

It varies by state. If there is a lease then you would have to look at the lease to see if there are any provisions in it for a situation like this. I believe they have to give you at bare minimum 30 days to be out.