She says she does not have the money to pay rent and that she would be leaving next weekend. I asked her to leave by this weekend and now she refuses to leave without me taking her to court. What recourses do I have
2007-10-16 07:16:09 · 12 answers · asked by martinez_bonnie1 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Renting & Real Estate
I am the owner of the home and we don't have a formal lease. I normally have one but I was helping 'a friend' (or so I thought) out with a place to stay.
2007-10-16 07:29:48 · update #1
If you are co-renting and she is on the lease, involve the property manager or landlord. If you are renting and she is not on the lease, move her stuff out and ask the landlord to re-key. If you own and do not have a written lease, find out the eviction rules for your state, follow them and if shes still there at the end, throw her stuff out and re-key.
If you own and do have a rental agreement, follow the guidelines in the contract.
2007-10-16 07:24:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
how long has she been there? longer than 30 days? if so u need to serve her with a 30 day notice and then take a copy of the letter, file a court date and take her to court. u can sue her for back rent, etc. but personally if she refuses to leave i would make her life a living hell. i had a roommate try to do this to me, screw me over and refuse to leave. so i had people over every day being loud as hell, slammed doors, ran up and down the stairs at 5 in the morning. i basically made it impossible for her to want to stay another day and she was gone by the weekend! i say have some friends over and let them beat the crap oput of her and let her know every day shes still there she will get beat up until she clears out and is gone.
2007-10-16 07:33:58 · answer #2 · answered by spadezgurl22 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Give her 30 days notice in writing and the proceed against her for eviction and rent payment (call your local landlord/tenant agency for help in proceeding). Tell her in writing that you'll excuse her rent if she leaves within 30 days and doesn't force you to take this into a court of law and write it off if she leaves after the 30 days.
2007-10-16 07:24:36 · answer #3 · answered by Lex 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you only have to wait one more weekend, then your best bet is to just wait. It will take you much longer to file papers to take her to court.
You can still file in order to collect any past due rent money, but, since she hasn't got any, your chances to collect are pretty slim.
However, before you file, check to be sure you have the proper documentation to prove she owes you money. Who holds the lease on the apartment? Do you have some kind of contract that shows she promised to pay rent? Is there any kind of documentation that shows she actually lived in the apartment?
Without this documentation, all she has to do is deny, deny and deny.
2007-10-16 07:29:29 · answer #4 · answered by Vince M 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
because of the fact which you the two signed the employ you're the two the two to blame for the finished volume of the employ. If he strikes out it's going to be as much as you to pay the finished lease to circumvent eviction from the premises and then attempt to recuperate out of your former roommate which contain by Small Claims court. in case you could no longer pay the lease on your guy or woman you will could get yet another roommate or you would be evicted. in case you default, the owner will flow after the two one in each of you for charge of any unpaid lease up for the period of the expiration of the employ or the date that the owner can place a clean tenant, whichever comes first. the owner isn't drawn on your loved ones squabbles, purely in gathering the lease. you may enable him comprehend that the roommate moved out and which you would be searching for a clean roommate ASAP if necessary. even though do no longer forget that the owner has a say in who could occupy the unit and if your proposed substitute roommate has any themes which contain detrimental credit, an eviction historic previous or a criminal checklist he could refuse to settle for him as an occupant. the owner could require that the substitute roommate additionally sign the employ because it relatively is interior the owner's financial activity to require that. it may in all danger be a good concept to enable this drama queen comprehend that he could nicely be held to blame for the unpaid lease, and which you will flow after him for his proportion of any lease that he would not pay up for the period of the expiration date of the employ.
2016-12-18 09:11:28 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If her name is on the lease then take her to court. If not, change the locks.
2007-10-16 07:25:22 · answer #6 · answered by Beatle fanatic 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is her name on the lease? Is yours? If her name is on the lease there is nothing you can do but if its not and yours is call the cops and they can get her to leave.
2007-10-16 07:25:31 · answer #7 · answered by imluvinlife 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not much you can do, unless you really want to take her to court.
2007-10-16 07:19:34 · answer #8 · answered by REALTOR 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Take her to court!!!
2007-10-16 08:16:46 · answer #9 · answered by sweetsum691 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
take her to court
2007-10-16 07:23:14 · answer #10 · answered by tony c 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋