NOtice by a landlord to evict tenant

Question

can anyone tell me how many weeks notice i have to give a tennant who is living in my property to vacate, there is no tennancy agreement just verbal agreement...i wish to evict them but need to know what the legal notice i have to give them. thanks

Answer 1

Because you have no lease with them, the notice is usually 30 days.  BUT, if they didn't pay the rent, it is 5 days in Pennsylvania, and usually up to 10 days in other states.  You also have to post it in writing and give it to the tenant.  It is very important that you check what the laws are regarding this in your state, it is different everywhere.

Answer 2

No this is wrong the tennat is covered by the houseing act 1988, you should always rent your property with an assured short hold lease which requires them to meet thier obligations and you to keep the property in good order and gives you the right to inspect the property at reguler intervals to check they comply and do not damage the property. In writeing or not the law states you must give 3 mounth notice to quit in writeing, You need not state why, unless they are in breech of the agreement. The only exception is if your property is in immediate risk ie fire /flood.

keep the letter simpal an to the facts. Send by recorded delivery and then phone the post office to confire delivery. If they are in arreas with the rents or causeing damag you can lauch a small claims action in the county court to recover cost inc time spent, damage caused, legal fees, postage and letter writeing costs and much more if you want any further info or your property is at risk immediately contact me and i will advise further my direct no is 0780 7774585.

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Answer 3

This is a difficult one, because you don't have a tenancy agreement. You have to be careful that they don't get classified as a squatter, otherwise you'll have one h**l of a time having them evicted. I'd recommend 8 weeks notice should be sufficient under section 21, but don't rile the tenant, as you could make things difficult.

Answer 4

It would help if you said where you were. Here in the UK last time I checked two receipts for rent constituted a tenancy agreement.

Generally, your notice needs to equal the length of the deposit. The tenant can, however, refuse to leave, in which case you can go for a court order.

If the tenant does refuse to leave it may not be out of malice: social housing requires eviction by court order before they will assess a person as in need of housing.

Answer 5

don't go by what you "heard" - get legal advice - get them out ASAP, be heartless

Answer 6

In order to evict, you will have to go to court to get an eviction order.  Figure from the start of the process it can take up to 60 days, depending upon your jurisdiction's laws and how busy the courts are.  Check your state's attorney general's web site to determine what your rights are as landlord and what your tenants rights are.