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audreybrntt
Sep 12, 2009, 12:25 PM
How do you go about evicting a tenant without a written lease in the state of Georgia when he has broken all of the verbal agreements?

N0help4u
Sep 12, 2009, 12:53 PM
Georgia Eviction Laws - Associated Content - associatedcontent.com (http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1215337/georgia_eviction_laws.html?cat=17)

It lookz liks you have to give them 7 days written eviction notice. Then you go to court if they still won't leave.

Georgia Evictions (http://www.rentlaw.com/eviction/gaeviction.htm)

ScottGem
Sep 12, 2009, 01:42 PM
Whether the lease is verbal or written, doesn't matter. You need to follow the process for your area.

A lot depends here on whether the tenant is up to date on the rent or not. If he is in arrears, then 5 days after rent was due you can give them a 5 day notice to vacate. If they don't vacate within the 5 days, you have to file for an eviction order in court. A summons is issued which the tenant has 7 days to answer. If they don't then an eviction order is issued.

If they aren't in arrears then they will be considered a tenant at will:

44-7-6.
Where no time is specified for the termination of a tenancy, the law construes it to be a tenancy at will.

In that case, you may be required to give 60 days notice:

44-7-7.
Sixty days´ notice from the landlord or 30 days´ notice from the tenant is necessary to terminate a tenancy at will.