Evicted Tenant, now “living” in friends unit on the property??

[Nick Liddell]

Hello Everyone, Just went through a lengthy process of evicting a troublesome tenant on our property. It now looks like the evicted tenant is “staying” in his friends unit which is also on the same property (6 unit property). His car is still parked out front of the property and he has been seeing coming and going from that unit. My questions are: Is this legal for him to do? Is there guidelines that I have to prove that he is actually living there? Is he legally evicted from the unit or the entire property? Has anyone dealt with a similar situation as this? Any insight or advice is greatly appreciated! Nick

[Karen F.]

If the friend's unit is not your rental unit, there is nothing you can do, other than be happy that you now know where to serve the evicted man if you plan to sue him in small claims court for your damages (assuming that he has wages to garnish, or assets to attach).  If the friend's unit is your unit that you rent to the friend, tell the friend that he is violating his lease by having an additional person living there who is not on the lease.  Tell him that you just had to evict the man, and for what reason, and that you would prefer not to have him on the property at all, but that if he insists on hosting him, he must comply with the terms of the lease - which means no more than 14 nights/year.  Tell him that he is jeopardizing his own lease renewal, that you really don't want this man around your property.