I own and am renting a property through a propery management company. The tenents have a dog that they stated on the rental agreement was a Bull dog. The dog has squeezed between the two fences and gotton into neighbors yard on a couple of occasions. The neighbor called me to complain and I immdeitely called property management company to report this. They told me that they would resolve the problem. Now it happened again and the neighbor called me and threatened to sue me and says that the dog is a pit bull. He has not taken any steps to block fence on his side. I reported this again to property management. If this dog gets through again and were to bite someone am I legally responsible. I should add, I live in another state so I can't just go over there and fix the problem myself that is why I have a property management company.
2007-01-19 03:57:37 · 2 answers · asked by mom of twins 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I meant can my 'Neighbor' sue me for tenants dog!
2007-01-19 04:04:05 · update #1
Also-they just moved in Jan 1 and signed a year lease could I make them move out because of this without any legal problems. I realize without seeing the lease this questions may be impossible to answer but I believe it is standard rental agreement. Thanks!
2007-01-19 04:22:42 · update #2
One last thing-the neighbor is also a renter. sorry so confusing!!!
2007-01-19 04:27:31 · update #3
I would say that she'd have a stronger case against the property manager but, yes she can sue you. You're going to have to call animal control on your tenant to make sure that you've done something about it and it's on paper and stuff. Pitt bulls are illegal in a lot of places. Long story short, even if you do have to go there in person, you need to solve this quickly. At lease renewal you need to put in a no pets clause. This is very important for your protection.
2007-01-19 04:11:35 · answer #1 · answered by Ricky J. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since this could potentially involve a tort such as negligence, resulting in an injury, you could possibly held liable and so could the property management company you are renting through. I would talk to a lawyer if it looks like this will continue.
A friend of mine rents out some property and the county recently fined him about $30,000 because his tenants failed to put lids on their trashcans, even though he warned the tenants of the county's requirement and provided them with new trashcans. You need to try to protect yourself because I would say, in general, you are responsible for your tenants.
2007-01-19 04:15:57 · answer #2 · answered by acage123 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋