Hello, I recently bought a house on 9/27 (As of writing this is 10/12), but one of the tenants does not want to move out. I already gave them a notice that I will not be renewing their lease with the previous landlord which thankfully ends on 10/16. I innocently (this is my first property) gave her a notice to vacate and gave her 30 days until 11/5. She went MIA and even when I dropped the notice at her house her only response was to let her know when a court date is scheduled. My next course of action is:
1- Give her a notice to pay document to let her know how much she owes if she does leave by the 10/16 date or how much she would owe if she decides to leave on 11/5. Since she is already willing to go to court I know she wont actually leave or pay rent but I want to make sure She cant say on court that she didnt pay because she didnt know how much to pay.
2- On November 5th (because thats the date of the notice to vacate I put in because I thought I had to give her 30 days and I wanted to be nice) I will file for eviction.
The issue is that I know the previous landlord used to pay the eletric for the house, though the lease clearly states is the tenants responsability. Since I spoke with the previous owner's property manager and she did mention the previous owner stopped making the payments on the eletric. Do I have to pay the eletric going forward? I dont want to NOT pay and her eletric be shut off and that be used as a "self-help" evection move by me.
Please advise.
