Can my boyfriend "evict" me???

Question

Crazy question, but can my boyfriend evict me? I was never on the lease (shame on me) and while I was on holiday he moved me out. Does he need to give me an official notice of some sort before doing this? Is it lawful to essentially leave someone on the street without a place to go?

Answer 1

He is not responsible to provide you housing.

However, he was supposed to give you a 30 day notice.

You can force the issue, if you can prove residency by calling the police and demanding to be let in.

Answer 2

What a jerk!  Even when someone isn't on the lease, they should get a 30 day notice.  I hope he's not still your boyfriend.  Honestly though, what are you going to do about it now?  You're already out.  You surely don't want to move back in with this bozo.  Where's your stuff?

You say holiday, not vacation...are you in the UK?  The laws there are probably similar but not exactly the same as in the US.  If you really want to do something about this, you probably need to call a lawyer.  My thoughts are it's just not going to be worth the time and trouble it is to sue him, if that's even an option.  

My advice is get your own apartment, and find a better boyfriend, then don't depend on his whims for any part of your well-being.

Answer 3

well i suppose if the lease is under his name its perfectly legal to throw you out, his morality is what you need to question..

Answer 4

Your boyfriend had no legal right to move you out.

Actually, in WA you would be a month to month tenant by default. Your boyfriend is required to give you at least 20 days' written notice prior to the end of the month to terminate your tenancy.

Read the section titled termination of a tenancy.

http://www.wsba.org/media/publications/p...

Answer 5

No.  

Do you live there, or just stay there most of the time?  If you live there and have stuff there, furniture, clothes, etc.  Then no, he can not tell you to leave.  He has to give you 30 days notice, and that is the law, even if you are not on the lease.

You can contact your local police department and ask them also.  

Good Luck.  I've been there.

Answer 6

If you can prove you're paying rent, he'd have to give you a 30 day written notice.  That, of course, is hard to prove in a gf/bf situation because you probably weren't writing separate checks to the leasing office, and you probably weren't writing him a check for rent.  You should always get yourself on the lease wherever you're living.  

Answer 7

what state do you live in?  This is an important quesiton.  Some states yes.  Others no he cant.   If you can prove through checks you were paying rent.  If it was just cash and he paid it but you just lived there.

Well I dont know any state that would work.  If you can prove you have been paying rent, in many states its called a verbal agreement.  You have to prove you have made payments.  So you would basically be subleasing from your boyfriend.  But you have to prove it.  And not all states allow verbal agreements.

And you said Holiday instead of vacation.  This might mean you are in Europe, the UK, or ozy land.  If that is the case.  I have no clue.  I only know United States.  If you are in another country, you should put that in your question.

******* UPDATE *********

Boyfriend might claim this first.

http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?...

Tenancy by sufferance — Termination.  

Whenever any person obtains possession of premises without the consent of the owner or other person having the right to give said possession, he shall be deemed a tenant by sufferance merely, and shall be liable to pay reasonable rent for the actual time he occupied the premises, and shall forthwith on demand surrender his said possession to the owner or person who had the right of possession before said entry, and all his right to possession of said premises shall terminate immediately upon said demand.

This could help if you can prove you were a tenant.  You would have to prove you were a tenant to your boyfriend.

http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?...

Removal or exclusion of tenant from premises — Holding over or excluding landlord from premises after termination date.  

(1) It shall be unlawful for the landlord to remove or exclude from the premises the tenant thereof except under a court order so authorizing. Any tenant so removed or excluded in violation of this section may recover possession of the property or terminate the rental agreement and, in either case, may recover the actual damages sustained. The prevailing party may recover the costs of suit or arbitration and reasonable attorney's fees.

     (2) It shall be unlawful for the tenant to hold over in the premises or exclude the landlord therefrom after the termination of the rental agreement except under a valid court order so authorizing. Any landlord so deprived of possession of premises in violation of this section may recover possession of the property and damages sustained by him, and the prevailing party may recover his costs of suit or arbitration and reasonable attorney's fees.

These are the types of tenants under WA law.

http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?...

This is the entire statue for what the landlord can and cant do, I still think your boyfriend or landlord can just throw that first one in your face and you are gone.  Sorry.  Im not an attorney just now I read it.

http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?...