I work as an apartment manager and have some tenants that cause a huge amount of problems including being raided by the police for drug use, housing criminals, having their pit bulls (that they are not supposed to have) leave waste on other people’s porches, and also throwing that animal waste at other tenants. I really need to get these tenants out!

I am not a lawyer and have never done this before and my employers are too cheap to pay for legal advice, telling me that “a manager should be able to do this as one of their job requirements” even though they knew when they hired me that I’d never done this before.

We are in Washington State. I have read the laws and have the eviction forms. I gave them a 20 day legal notice in person and with a witness and mailed it certified mail January 30th for them to be out by Feb. 28th. Mar 1 landed on Sunday so I filed a Evictions Summons and Evictions Complaint with the Court on the 2nd and paid a law office Process Server to serve them the papers.

However, on the Eviction Summons I only gave the tenants 9 days to respond b/c they are always home, they never work and do not have a car, so even if they are not in their apartment they are very close by and they have other adults living there that are not on the lease but that would be able to sign for the papers.

Legally they have to have at least seven days to respond once receiving the papers and the only reason they haven’t received them is b/c they refuse to sign for them. I do not know why the process server did not leave them at their feet and consider them served. So, now if they sign for them or are served, as I understand it, they can dismiss the case because they do not have a long enough response time.

I realize my mistake now (I think- not entirely sure, I am not a lawyer) in that I needed to allow enough time so that if they refused to sign I could have enough time to get a court order to serve them through alternate means b/c of not being able to serve them the normal way, and for the deadline to still be legally effective.

So, my question is, what do I do now? What legal forms do I need to file? Do I have to start all the way over, can I just refile the summons and complaint and add a later date? If I do that would I use the same case # or a different case #?

Sorry so long to explain! Thank you for your answer!

I just started renting an apartment 3 days ago, and yesterday an attorney came to my door and gave me a notice stating that the house will be foreclosed on Nov 28. The landlord hasnt said anything to me about this. Also, i do know that there is a company wanting to buy the property to build condos there because of the location. So i guess what I am asking is, what are my rights? Should I even unpack?

I was evicted last month for non-payment of rent. I received the 24 hour notice from the sherriff. I was out of the apartment in 20 hours…..

Now my only question is what’s next? I left the apartment damage free, they renovate the old apartments anyway so there goes all the carpeting, kitchen/bathroom floors and cabinets..etc.

I was just wondering if they can still sue me for anything else (except for january’s rent). The sherriff delivered a Writ of Possession. Which I’ve read is the “wrapping up” stage of the eviction process in Florida.

Any ideas ?

We sued a landlord for drug nuisance in Oakland California, we lost and we have to pay the suit. Do we have to pay the landlord his attorney fee? The judge wrote that the defendent can collect cost of suit. What is cost of suit comprised of?

I had an email a while ago regarding what my landlord can charge legally for turning in your rent late and now I can’t find it. Does anyone know what it is in the state of California? She is charging 10% of the total rent. Another attorney told me that isn’t legal. I would google it but I have limited internet access. Thanks!

We rented out our old house, and the lease clearly states that it is due on the 1st. It is now the second and they only gave me $400 of the $600 due. I told them that I would be back tomorrow to get the other $200. If they do not pay tomorrow, what are my rights, and how and where do I get an eviction form?
We live in Arkansas!

My previous landlord is trying to collect on “property damages” that are exceedingly outrageous. What type of attorney should I seek in order to challenge these charges?

I have to go the legal way to evicting some squatters but have to take the old tenant to evictions court because he’s “subleasing” to some scum. He moved out but his trash moved in. Police are useless in this case. The old tenant is in the country illegally, and doesn’t have any real form of id. Will that help me or hurt me getting the squatters out?

I live in 2 bed 2 bath condo located in Los Angeles, CA

Mar. 5, Fri
My landlord called me and told me there was a leaking problem thru out certain side of the building and second bedroom in my unit was infected by mold so condo association office will send mold repair people to fix the problem next day.
These were what my landlord told me. 1. They might have to leave a fan on all day tomorrow to dry the wet wall 2. Remove necessary clothes out from the closet
(She never told me how long it would take and told me later didn’t even know it would take days)

Mar. 6, Sat
Not only I couldn’t go anywhere for 5 hours while people from mold repair company worked on the room but also had to face with shocking reality such as one side of the wall was completely cut, closet, bed, window were covered with plastic and taped, and a huge motor and fan placed in the room making loud noise, the sink in guest bathroom was filled with a long hose to drain water from 2nd bedroom wall. Worst of all, I have to live in this environment for days until they comeback and remove the equipment. But that’s not end of it, someone from a construction company has to come to put a new wall and paint after mold repair is finished.

Mar. 8, Mon
I called my landlord explained what has happened over the weekend and asked her 1.If it wasn’t harmful for my health staying in the unit while mold repair and construction for the wall get done. 2. Who will be responsible for the electricity bill since a big motor and fan need to be on 3days or more non stop? 3. Shouldn’t the rent be prorated for the period of repairing since I only can use 1 bed 1 bath? (I can’t even take my clothes and iron out from my closet) Her answer was “I contacted the association office and they told me 1. It’s not harmful to your health and you have to cooperate. 2. The cost of electricity running the equipment for 3 days will be only $5 or less. 3. You live by yourself and only use one bedroom anyway” (Even though I live by myself, I’m paying for what I’m renting and should have right to claim what I pay for, don’t I?)

Mar. 11, Thur. 8:30am
Someone from mold repairing company came and took pictures and piece of wall to test.

Mar. 12, Fri.
Not only mold repair people found more spot to repair and still the same as day 1 but also they’ve cut a part of my master bedroom wall and covered with brown paper with tape.

Is there any place I can file a complaint or better to get a help from attorney?
1.I heard it’s not healthy to stay in the unit while mold repair and wall construction are being done.
2.Both bedrooms are next to each other and it’s very hard to get a good sleep at night with the fan and motor’s noise.
3.I’m paying $1900/month for 2 bedrooms but I’m only able use 1 bedroom for 2 weeks of more.
4.I could have prepared more if anyone informed me it takes approximately 2 weeks not 1 day. I can’t even take my iron or clothes out with the closet blocked.
5.More importantly, my landlord is not willing to participate anything such as part of electricity bill (of course, in case of if it comes out excessively high) or prorating the rent.

I moved into an apartment back in September 2008. I stayed in this apartment at $435 a month with all utilities included. In early November 2008 I lost my job due to missing about 2 days a week for my Asthma. My landlord offered me a job as Maintenance Crew paid under the table. In December 2008, I changed to a bigger apartment at the same rate. I never signed anything stating the transfer. I only had my lease for the original apartment. In January 2009, I was unable to pay rent due to the landlord letting me go because, “He couldn’t afford to pay me.” I received a 3 day notice to pay up or move out. I couldn’t pay the rent or even borrow the money to. I couldn’t move since I had an entire 1 bedroom apartment and no car or place to store my stuff. I stayed and no legal actions were taken. I received another notice in February 2009 for 3 days. Once again, I stayed and was unable to arrange storage or moving. This whole time I was looking for employment. I was then served a subpeona for eviction. I showed up to the court on the date and had time to speak with the leasing agent and the landlord’s lawyer. We agreed to a date I had to be out by. We proceeded with the hearing and it was filed for the eviction on March 31, 2009. No payment was due according to the judgement. I had moved out by March 31, 2009 and had turned in the keys. Now 10 months later I have a full time job and trying to rent a new apartment through a different company. Issue is that I have the past eviction. They sent a form to the previous leasing agent, and it was returned. The new apartment will not allow me to rent, because the previous landlord stated that I owe $665.00. I have not been informed of this debt and the complex has had my contact information this whole time. What can I or should I do?
PS
I can not find the documentation of the hearing. I plan on contacting the previous landlord to see if they could make a copy of their document for me. Any advice on how to obtain it another way?
Found an apartment, though its not exactly what I was looking for. Just had to find a landlord that just wanted their security deposit and first month right away. Thanks guys.