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What should a lease or rental agreement include?
Is there a difference between a residential and a commercial lease?
What does it mean that a tenant shall not "commit waste?"
Is the landlord responsible for maintaining rental property and complying with local housing codes?
What is "repair and deduct"?
What is "constructive eviction?"’
Can a landlord ever terminate a tenant's right to use and possess the rental property?
Can a tenant ever terminate their legal obligations of a lease during its term?
What happens to the right of use and possession at the end of the period of time set forth in the lease?
If a tenant has not been around for over 6 months and not paid any rent, can I clean out the apartment and re-rent it?
I put a deposit down on an apartment, had an approved application, and was set to sign a lease. At the last minute, I was told the apartment was no longer available. Do I have any recourse?
With the owner's permission, I've lived in a trailer on his ranch property for over 25 years. Do I now own the land on which the trailer sits? What's the law on squatter's rights?
What happens to the security deposit at the end of the lease?
What can happen in an "unlawful detainer (eviction) action"?
Who is a landlord?
Who is a tenant?
Who is a subtenant?
Who is a roommate?
What is a lease or rental agreement?
I have been paying rent on a home owned by my mom for the last 16 months. There is no rental agreement between us. Now she wants to evict me and has threaten to bring the marshalls if I don’t remove myself and belongings in 1.5 months. Can she do this?
We went from a 1-year lease to a month-to-month. Our landlady gave us a 30-day notice in the middle of a month. I thought 30-day notices had to be given on the first of each month. What’s the law?
We signed a year’s lease on a rental unit for our college-bound son, with the understanding that his roommates would pay their share of the rent. One roommate left without paying his third of the rent. The landlord has filed eviction papers and we are expected to pay the unpaid rent. How can we get out of this lease?
I have 7 months remaining on my home lease. The owner defaulted on the mortgage and the mortgage holder has instituted foreclosure proceedings. What are my rights as a tenant with regard to the mortgage company?
I am a long-time (15-year) renter in an apartment house. There have been yearly increases over the years but this year the owner wants a whooping 25% increase! Can this happen?
My roommate and I are co-signors on a lease of a house. She wants out before the lease expires, leaving me holding the ‘bag’ for rent and utilities. Can she do this?
Can a tenant refuse to let an agent onto property after receiving 24 hours notice? The lease does not cover the issue.
The signout sheet given to me by the manager of our apartments following a walkthrough indicated everything was fine except for dusty blinds. The landlord, however, now wants to charge for dusty blinds and pet odor. There was no mention in the walkthrough or on the signout sheet of foul pet odors. Can they do this?
The landlord is refinancing the condo which I am renting. In order to get better terms as an owner-occupied unit, she wants me to transfer the utility bills back into her name in order to prove to the lender that she is living in the condo. What will happen if I go along with this proposition?
The Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act
Landlord’s Liability for Dangerous Conditions on Rentals

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