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		<title>Washington Court of Appeals Rules on Late Fees</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Washington Court of Appeals ruled that late fees may be demanded on a three-day notice to pay rent or vacate, rather than on a separate 10-day notice to comply or vacate.  However, the opinion is unpublished and therefore has no value except to the parties to the particular case. A motion to publish is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Distress for Rent</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At common law the landlord had a right to distress for rent.  If rent was unpaid the landlord could seize any property found in the leased premises and hold in ransom for rent or sell it to cover unpaid rent.  Property the tenant uses in a trade or business was exempt. If the landlord was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Landlord Liability for Criminal Acts of Third Parties</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Landlord&#8217;s Liability for Criminal Acts of Third Parties In general a person has a duty to protect others for criminal acts of third persons absent a special relationship.  Special relationships may exist for innkeepers and common carriers.[1] At common law no such special relationship between landlord and tenant and the landlord had no duty to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://accessevictions.com/landlord-tenant-law/landlord-liability-for-criminal-acts-of-third-parties/</link>
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		<title>Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new federal law protects innocent tenants from eviction after foreclosure.[1] The purchaser at foreclosure takes the property subject to any unexpired lease.  The law also requires the foreclosure auction purchaser to give notice to vacate to any month-to-month tenant.  The notice must be served at least ninety days prior to its effective date. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Purchaser in Possession</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In most jurisdictions a purchaser who takes possession under a real estate purchase agreement is not a tenant.[1]  The Uniform Landlord-Tenant Act excludes &#8220;occupancy under a contract of sale of a dwelling unit or the property of which it is a part, if the occupant is the purchaser or a person who succeeds to his [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://accessevictions.com/nature-of-landlord-tenant-relationship/purchaser-in-possession/</link>
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		<title>Self-help Eviction</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At common law a landlord could use reasonable force to oust a defaulting tenant.[1] Landlord-tenant law today varies greatly on the right of the landlord to self-help evict a tenant. In some American jurisdictions a landlord may use reasonable force to oust a commercial tenant and is only required to resort to eviction lawsuits if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Implied Warranty in Commercial Leases</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The is a split among jurisdictions as to whether implied warranties apply to commercial tenancies. Many courts have declined to extend the implied warranty of habitability to commercial leases.  The rationales given include that the housing code which in many court decisions form part of the basis for finding an implied warranty do not apply [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://accessevictions.com/landlord-tenant-law/the-implied-warranty-in-commercial-leases/</link>
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		<title>Tenancy at Sufferance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A tenancy at sufferance as it is defined in most jurisdiction arises in narrow circumstances and is &#8220;as illusory as the rings of Saturn viewed edge-on&#8221;.[1] The tenancy at sufferance arises when a tenant under one of the other types of tenancy wrongfully holds over.  The definition varies by statute in some jurisdictions.[2] Litigation may [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://accessevictions.com/nature-of-landlord-tenant-relationship/tenant-at-sufferance/</link>
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		<title>Tenancy at Will</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A tenancy at will is terminable by either party or upon the death of either party.  No particular formal notice to terminate is required.  However, some courts have required the landowner to demand possession and allow a reasonable time for the occupant to vacate.   If a lease is terminable at the will of only [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://accessevictions.com/nature-of-landlord-tenant-relationship/tenancy-at-will/</link>
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		<title>Types of Tenancies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tenancies are generally created by agreement of a landowner and a tenant.  There are generally at least four distinct types of tenancies. The terminology for the types of tenancies and their defining characteristics vary by jurisdiction.  Thus a periodic tenancy in one jurisdiction may be referred to as a tenancy at will in some jurisdictions.  [...]]]></description>
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