Tenant breaks lease 3 months ahead and not paying the nov ren

[Durai K.]

I have an inherited tenant in my multi-family in Mountain view, CA  who gave 30 day notice to move out on 11/30 to property management and said they are not going to pay the Nov rent since security deposit is already paid. They also called PG&E and disconnected Gas and electric (tenant is responsible for these utilities as pr the lease) effective 10/31 which made the service transfer to my name now, Any suggestions on how to handle this break of lease, not paying the rent and disconnection of utilities?

[Nathan Gesner]

Quote from @Durai K.:

I have an inherited tenant in my multi-family in Mountain view, CA  who gave 30 day notice to move out on 11/30 to property management and said they are not going to pay the Nov rent since security deposit is already paid. They also called PG&E and disconnected Gas and electric (tenant is responsible for these utilities as pr the lease) effective 10/31 which made the service transfer to my name now, Any suggestions on how to handle this break of lease, not paying the rent and disconnection of utilities?

Shut the utilities off.

You normally can't shut off utilities because it's considered a self-help eviction, which is illegal. However, the tenant was responsible for utilities and they shut down their account, so it's technically them shutting the utilities off. I would close your account and have the meters pulled. It will cost you some money, but that will motivate them to pay to turn the utilities back on or they'll move out.