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ABA Family Legal Guide
Renting Residential Property
Ending the Landlord-Tenant Relationship
Lease Termination by Landlords
- Does the landlord need a reason to terminate the lease at the expiration of the term?
- How does the landlord terminate the lease at the expiration of the term?
- Can the landlord terminate the lease because the tenant is paying reduced rent?
- What kinds of actions by the tenant are protected from the termination of the lease by the landlord?
- What kinds of conduct by the landlord does the law consider retaliatory?
- How does the tenant prove that the landlord's conduct was retaliatory?
- How does the landlord terminate the lease for cause?
- What does all this emphasis on written notices mean to the landlord?
- What can the landlord do if the tenant doesn't move after the lease is terminated?
- Why would the landlord sue the tenant? Isn't it easier to ask the tenant to leave?
- What does the landlord need to do to evict the tenant?
- How long does the eviction process take?
- What can delay the judgment?
- What happens if the tenant does not show up in court?
- What kind of judgment may the court enter in an eviction case?
- Can the landlord take the tenant's possessions or physically throw the tenant out after the court allows eviction?
- Is any of the tenant's property protected from seizure if the tenant owes money to the landlord?
- Does the tenant owe rent after the termination of the lease and eviction?
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