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Katie1 · 04-07-2015, 04:24 AM

Well That's a Crazy law since anything can happen! Hows a person to say when there is an emergency they end up in the hospital. I Know my neighbors ends up in the hospital Days & Months! My mom was in & out of the hospital. NOT once did they notifiy the LL Rent got paid by me! No One said a word about where she was. My neighbor spent 3 months in a nursing home rehab His rent got paid Mgr didn't know where he was No one did.

life4orce · 04-07-2015, 05:07 AM

It seems like one of those issues that aren't strictly a black or white issue, but shades of gray. The law may be on the books, but some choose to enforce it and others don't. It all comes down to whether the tenant is current with their rent and utilities so that the unit isn't damaged during their absence.

STT Resident · 04-07-2015, 05:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Katie1

Well That's a Crazy law since anything can happen! Hows a person to say when there is an emergency they end up in the hospital. I Know my neighbors ends up in the hospital Days & Months! My mom was in & out of the hospital. NOT once did they notifiy the LL Rent got paid by me! No One said a word about where she was. My neighbor spent 3 months in a nursing home rehab His rent got paid Mgr didn't know where he was No one did.

Legal abandonment is one thing. A landlord is perfectly within his legal right to have a clause in the lease stipulating that if a tenant is to be absent from the property for any prolonged period, the landlord be notified. If you don't like the clause then don't sign the lease. The reason for the stipulation should be pretty obvious ...

spankys bbq · 04-07-2015, 07:59 AM

This looks like a classic situation of trying to get into a new place before an eviction shows up on public record; a professional tenant. The tenant would have had to let the rental company in to retrieve the furniture, so she knew she was leaving. The rental company could not legally force entry to repossess the furniture.

Power off, no furniture, "I'm out of town" = abandonment.

OP, file the eviction and get going on re-renting the place. That tenant is gone.