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The landlord must give the tenant reasonable notice before he can enter the tenant's private home. Originally, in an agricultural society, the law expected the landlord to rent the property to a tenant and then leave the tenant alone. It gave the landlord no right of access, but also no responsibility for repairs.
Landlord–tenant law governs the rights and responsibilities of leasehold estates, like in an apartment complex. Landlord–tenant law is the field of law that deals with the rights and duties of landlords and tenants. In common law legal systems such as Irish law, landlord–tenant law includes elements of the common law of real property and ...
In property law and real estate, a future interest is a legal right to property ownership that does not include the right to present possession or enjoyment of the property. Future interests are created on the formation of a defeasible estate ; that is, an estate with a condition or event triggering transfer of possessory ownership.
If you live in a multi-unit dwelling, your landlord will have to comply with certain regulations. Most renters find landlords to be a mixed blessing: great when they take care of clogged drains or ...
A Richmond, Va., "convicted slum lord" will spend 40 days in one of his own rental properties after being convicted of more than 180 property maintenance violations. According to the Richmond ...
The Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, also known as URLTA, is a sample law governing residential landlord and tenant interactions, created in 1972 by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in the United States. Many states have adopted all or part of this Act. [1]
In either case, the landlord can charge a higher rent, if the landlord, before the expiration of the original lease, has notified the tenant of the increase. Simply leaving property behind on the premises does not constitute possession; thus, a tenancy at sufferance cannot be established. E.g., Nathan Lane Assocs. v.