When a tenant put in a 30 day notice to vacate a apartment, do he or she have any extra days to stay ?

Question

I put in a 30 day notice and I need to know how many days do Ihave before I get served with a eviction notice? I don't want an eviction I just needed a few extra days because I had some family problems and financial problems that needed to be dealt with but I am still moving I just needed a little more time

Answer 1

Here's a site where you can go for the laws in your... State... sometimes landlords do not share these laws with the tenants and more or less your left in the dark about your rights.
Every state is different in the ways they make them laws up. There's two sates in the USA that has to this day to pass laws to protect the tenants. http://www.uslandlord.com/ just go to Laws & Statutes and then pick the state you live in theres you laws up-dated at the time you go on this site.

This way its good to know you right unless, some people end up with a bad landlord because... there bluff works most of the time because of lack of knowledge of your rights.
After you have looked at your rights and theirs.
Then you know where you can go as far as taking up for yourself.
If your civil rights has been broking you can call your local...Legal Aid and they will give you the number of a Pro-Bone-O Lawyer the help you in any problems you endure.*
http://www.lawyers.com/ is a site where you can talk to a chat with an attorney live also on there site... you can get a lawyer in your home town if you wish to go that way.

Answer 2

Once you put in your 30 day notice you are expected to move with no extra days. Some landlords are willing to let you stay and pro-rate the extra days you needed, knowing they have not yet found another tenant or that they want to "spruce" the apt. up and don't need an entire month to do so.
Other landlord's feel that if you do not move out but take a couple of extra days, then you are responsible for that entire months rent. A landlord is not usually able to rent an apt. unless it is ready on the first.
It is really in your best interest to talk to your landlord and perhaps work something out. Whatever you both come up with has got to be a lot cheaper that an eviction and Court costs, loss of time from work and so on.

Answer 3

See if your landlord will allow you to hold over. If he doesn't have another tenant lined up for the property, he may be amenable to this. He is under no obligation to allow you to hold over and if he has another tenant for the property he obviously won't permit this.

You have no legal right of posession after your 30 day notice expires. If your landlord has another tenant scheduled to move into the property he has a legal obligation to turn the property over to that tenant on the first day of the lease. Most jurisdictions provide a very speedy eviction process for cases such as this. And a few jurisdictions consider you to be a trespasser and the police can remove you in a matter of minutes as such.

If you hold over without permission from the landlord, you can be held liable for any of the landlord's losses. If he lost a tenant becaue of that, you could be responsible for all rent until he finds another tenant. Also, some leases provide for payment of double or treble rent for unauthorized hold-overs.

Answer 4

Ask your landlord for an extension. They do not turn places right around, they ususally use a few days to clean and touch up a place.

Answer 5

Just offer to pay for a few extra days. It really shouldn't be a problem.

Answer 6

Check your county's rental laws on this on. Your landlord may have people waiting to have your appt. In that case he may choose to charge you an extra months rent.

Answer 7

MISCHELLA,

THE BEST THING TO DO IS TO BE HONEST & APPROACH YOUR LANDLORD WITH A GENUINE REQUEST FOR A TWO-THREE DAY EXTENSION, EXPLAINING YOUR REASON FOR SUCH A REQUEST, RATHER THAN HOPING THAT HE WOULD LET YOU SATY IF YOU DO NOT INFORM HIM........