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bubblesboo1005 · Mar 5, 2011, 09:09 PM

My question is what can my daughter do if she has rented a part of her home to a couple and they have not paid rent in months, but there is no lease or contracts sighed. My daughter lives in Washington so I need to know what she needs to do to get them out. She has given them 3 days notice which will be on Tuesday 3/7/11 that the couple should comply. My daughter rents this house and the owner lives in another state.

lilpoppa · Mar 5, 2011, 09:24 PM

Not 100 precent shure, but most places you have to give 30 days notice to vacate. But not having a signed lease or any contract of any kind I'm not sure, I myself would gather their stuff put it at the curb and have the locks changed, that's not legal but its what I would do.

Fr_Chuck · Mar 5, 2011, 10:24 PM

first LILPOPPA may get you arrested and in jail, or at least sued for every penny you have,
1. no you can not merely change the locks, that is illegal
2. you put yourstuff on the curb and you will just write them a check for the value of all of it for an illegal eviction
3. you don't have to give a 30 day notice.

* I would have deleted their posts but I wanted everyone to see how little many people know of the law.

You will give a pay or quit notice, ( you will have to Google the exact days but it is normally 3 to 5 day notice, *** which you said you did already. If they have not moved out, you take this to housing court and file for a legal eviction

ScottGem · Mar 6, 2011, 05:50 AM

If they do not pay by the deadline, your daughter has to file for an unlawful detainer in local housing court. She should go to the local courthouse tomorrow morning and find out the process.

Not having a lease doesn't matter as long as she can prove there was an agreement to pay rent.

And Chuck is correct, lilpoppa's advice was legally incorrect and if your daughter followed it, could get her sued.

lilpoppa · Mar 6, 2011, 01:55 PM

Maby you didn't read all of my response, I said it is not legal to just change the locks and put their stuff at the curb. And in many places you do have to give 30 days notice, because if they had been living there for sveral months they could claim that they were under a verbal agreement and in some areas you have to treat a verbal housing agreement as an unsecured month to month lease, which in most states requires a 30 day notice of eviction.