Investor · Lemoyne, PA · Member since 2014 · 22 posts · 4 votes
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
Realtor · Edmond, OK · Member since 2019 · 123 posts · 79 votes
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@Nick Liddell I am not an attorney. Anything I say is not legal advice, it is only my opinion, and is probably wrong. Consult an attorney for real legal advice.
But.. you should read your lease! Most of those issues can or cannot be resolved by the wording of your lease.
Your lease might have a provision in it that defines what an occupant is or isn't. This provision is dependent on state laws.
The lease that I use states that after 14 days concurrent days in our property that person becomes an unauthorized occupant. Unauthorized occupants = lease violation.
If you do have that provision in your lease you can contact your other tenant and notify them after X amount of days they are in violation of their lease by allowing the evicted person to stay in their unit without authorization.