ok. here's the story. my landlady had a dog that ran loose around our house. we have 2 black labs that we pay 80 dollars extra in rent per month for. her dog had been coming over to our house, (where our dogs ARE tied up) and eating my dogs food and trying to breed with my female. i asked her several times to please keep the dog tied up,and she still let it run loose. now the dog has been found dead and since i complained about the animal she is trying to say i poisoned her dog and stated that she might evict me. can she do this? i didn't do anything to the dog. i have lived there almost 2 years and always paid my rent on time. we pay every two weeks with no lease or contract, she just writes a receipt each time we pay. what are my rights and how long must my eviction notice be for? do i have the standard 30 days? i live in tennessee, if anyone would know the laws about this issue for this state.
2007-11-26 11:24:45 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Dogs
If there is no lease, you should have a month to month agreement. They have to give you 30 days.
2007-11-26 11:29:04 · answer #1 · answered by ARE YOUR NEWFS GELLIN'? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I live in Wisconsin and I can tell you that with no lease or contract she don't even have real proof that you live there. I think that she is just trying to scare you. she does not have any proof that you killed her dog. Did you kill her dog? But when you are being evicted she has to have you served with an eviction notice from the sheriff. And it has a court date on it. You appear on that date and you get to state your case. It can go either way. But after that you have quite awhile to move out. By the way the landlady has to pay for all of this and it is not cheap. Good Luck! The dog?
2007-11-26 11:47:25 · answer #2 · answered by answer machine 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If push came to shove she would have to prove that you killed her dog. Yes, she would have to give you 30 days.
Question though for you...do you really want to stay there?
Nobody likes to get punished for something they didn't do and if you went to court at the end of the day you would probably be able to stay. But if she truly believes you killed her dog she can make your life miserable. And in time, will find another reason to evict you or modify the terms by which you live to force you out (since there is no contract or lease) like raise your rent or change the pet policy so that you can stay but the dogs must go. I won't go into my bad landlord story but suffice it to say that there are all kinds of things that they can do just shy of breaking laws or violating rights that will drive you crazy just with the time you spend dealing with it alone. I would be proactive and start looking for another place.
2007-11-26 11:46:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not to sure about the laws in that state but the first thing i would do would be to talk to a lawyer before you do or say anything. You need to find out legally what can or can't be done. You wouldn't want to say or do something that could come back to hurt you. Talk to a lawyer so that they can instruct you on what to do. I don't know if you have any rights since you are not in a lease or didn't sign a contract. Technically if you didn't sign anything she could say that she doesn't want you there because honestly, you would be considered a guest of hers, not a tennant. On the other hand if you kept all of your receipts then you may have a case. Either way talk to a lawyer or someone with a legal background to find out what your options are, if any... sorry if that doesn't really help..
2007-11-26 11:36:56 · answer #4 · answered by My Face 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You would have to check with the laws in your state but basically the most likely answer is no... not unless you have done something to break the agreement and even if it was verbal there is no proof you did anything wrong -- now, she could make life miserable for you so if it were me, I would simply look for someplace else anyway as if she does believe you killed her dog, she could end up doing harm to yours and you don't want that... You can call the country court house and ask them about the laws applying to renters but either way, I would look for a new place and maybe have some written agreement with the new landlord and make sure that the new landlord isn't breaking the law by allowing their dogs to roam loose and harrass others...
2007-11-26 11:31:47 · answer #5 · answered by Nancy M 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is a legal question. I suggest you call the public defenders office and ask about these laws and how you defend yourself. I imagine the landlady could come up with an excuse to evict you but I believe there has to be a notice given and that there would be a legal amount of time before she could require you be gone.
2007-11-26 11:29:09 · answer #6 · answered by gringo4541 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
definite. He can evict her for any type of motives. a million. A employ that has expired without automatic extension. Say it turned right into a one three hundred and sixty 5 days employ without clause in there about it going to month to month on the proper of the three hundred and sixty 5 days. even as the three hundred and sixty 5 days is up, the employ is up and he or she has to flow out. 2. Failure to pay lease. no longer even the warriors and sailors relief act exempts you from paying lease. In maximum states in case you've not paid by the fifteenth of the month, the land lord can start up eviction antagonistic to you. 3. The domicile because risky or uninhabitable. Say it truly is been condemned and could be torn down. The tenants ought to flow out. in the journey that they do no longer accomplish that on their personal, they're oftentimes evicted. 4. The domicile complicated has been offered to a sparkling proprietor and he's raring to renovate it. He can evict human beings on the proper of their employ era or in the journey that they're a month to month employ, he can evict them with 30 days note. 5. the domicile complicated has been offered and the hot proprietor needs to tear it down. .. similar as above. If he has any valid reason to evict her...he can. the very reality her husband is remote places and he or she has a toddler does no longer count.
2016-10-25 02:46:05 · answer #7 · answered by koroly 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Without a lease you are a month to month tenant. Most states this type of tenant must be given a 30 day notice to vacate.
2007-11-26 12:20:24 · answer #8 · answered by ESPERANZA 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
she might be able to but i'd start collecting evidence right away. Ask for (i know it sounds insane) an autopsy on the dog to find out what happened and if the dog was in fact poisoned, as well as where u were when the dog died, what you did that day, etc. in case she takes you to court for it.
2007-11-26 11:31:07 · answer #9 · answered by Traveler 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh what a pickle you are in. A dog not desexed tied up in backyard another dog not desexed not contained. Dead dog, bad landlord.
Gee I just don't know what to tell you.
Give the dog away to someone who will love it.
2007-11-26 11:30:45 · answer #10 · answered by Dot 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋