My old landlord and I had s verble year lease someone bought the building three months before it was up never had me sign a lease didn't even have the right name after I told him the right several times andy fridge broke a month before the verble lease was up he told me he couldn't get me a fridge for two monthes I told him my lease was up in a month so there was no point. I go back to vist friends in the building he has a eviction notice with the wrong name on the door and went through my things found my new place now has his friend herassing me and slandering my name in the naborhood what can I do

What was the grounds for eviction? Did you give him written notice that you would not be renewing? What is the nature of the harassment and slander?

Any question on law needs to include your general locale as laws vary by area.

In pa and I told him I was moving out when he tried to tell me to wait two months for a fridge the I found out the building had rats . He went through my belongs found my new places address and has his friends running to my nabors saying that I it's not right I moved out when I owed money and didn't I lost all my belonging a cause I ain't sign the lease for my new place until a month after my lease was up . But my Escort and several of my credit cards where missing out my house before I left before he even began his eviction notice that was a month after the fact that I moved out

[QUOTE=bworried;3534574]In pa and I told him I was moving out when he tried to tell me to wait two months for a fridge the I found out the building had rats . He went through my belongs found my new places address and has his friends running to my nabors saying that I it's not right I moved out when I owed money and didn't I lost all my belonging a cause I ain't sign the lease for my new place until a month after my lease was up . But my Reciet and several of my credit cards where missing out my house before I left before he even began his eviction notice that was a month after the fact that I moved out my autocorrect messed up

And like I said before he doesn't even have my real name he came up with some names and just threw together and write on the eviction notice and ain't it agents the law to open mail thatain't in your name

He can't go through your belongings. It may be hard to prove in court though.
I can't make head nor tail or the sequence of events. It would help if you could write your story more clearly, with dates, including the last time you paid rent.
Verbal leases don't count for much, especially when there is a transfer of ownership.
Getting your name wrong isn't going to help much in court.

The last time I paid rent was may was out by the end of may and I had already dropped the.security.frost.for.the new place I was out of town for two.weeks in may when I came home and relaxed things where missing if figures my boyfriend put them up and he said no . In July when I came do visit friends two floors up is when I saw the eviction notice and just last night is when his friends where at my nabors

May? So the eviction notice sounds like just a formality to clear up any confusion about end of tenancy.
The gossip isn't going to go anywhere legally. You don't have a case for monetary damages and it would cost you too much to even try.
So that leaves the missing items. Sounds like he assumed that you were totally gone when you went away for 2 weeks. If you really were back before the end of May, you can try to sue him in Small Claims for what was missing. But it's going to be tough proving that someone else didn't take stuff, that it really was missing, and that it happened during the month you paid rent.

PA Act 129 Informs Landlords of When to Dispose of Tenant's Abandoned Property - March 14, 2013
March 14, 2013


By: Daniel T. Desmond
Related Practice Area: Real Estate

Pursuant to Pennsylvania Act 129, landlords and building managers now have some guidance on how to handle a tenant's abandoned personal property. Effective September 5, 2012, landlords and managers will have to wait either ten or thirty days before disposing of items left behind by tenants, depending on what notices are given and how a tenant relinquishes the leased premises. The new legislation attempts to settle a longstanding gray area in Pennsylvania landlord/tenant law over what actions landlords should take when tenants leave behind personal property after being evicted from or vacating leased premises. Although somewhat complex, Act 129 now answers questions such as how long must a landlord hold onto abandoned personal property, and what notice should a tenant get before landlord disposes of such property?

Under Act 129, tenants are now required to remove all personal property if a court order evicts a tenant or if a tenant vacates leased premises.

If a tenant fails to remove personal property and landlord has taken possession of the leased premises, Act 129 describes what notices must be given to tenant and when landlord can remove the personal property after such notices. There are different steps to follow whether tenant has been evicted or whether tenant abandons the leased premises. Either way, landlord must give a ten-day notice to tenant to notify landlord that tenant will retrieve the personal property. If tenant gives notice that it will retrieve the personal property, then landlord must hold the personal property for thirty days after the original notice is given to tenant. If tenant fails to remove the personal property within those thirty days, then landlord has the right to dispose of or sell the personal property and keep the proceeds (with any proceeds exceeding any outstanding balances to be returned to tenant). If tenant fails to notify landlord that tenant will remove the personal property within ten days, landlord can dispose of or sell the personal property in the same manner.

If the court order to evict contains the statutory ten-day notice and thirty-day removal requirements described above, then landlord need not give tenant any further notice.

If the tenant's lease does not contain the statutory ten-day notice and thirty-day removal requirements, then landlord must give the ten-day notice and thirty-day removal notice not only to the tenant but also to any emergency contacts listed in the lease.

The key here is to include such notices in the court order to evict and in the tenant's lease to avoid landlord from being required to give additional notices. Landlord should also prepare form notices to notify tenants about these requirements.

The remaining provisions of Act 129 are fortunately more straightforward.

Any notice to the tenant or emergency contact must provide that tenant is responsible for any cost of storing the abandoned personal property if tenant does not remove it within ten days.
Landlord must exercise ordinary care with regard to the abandoned personal property.
If no forwarding address is provided by tenant to landlord, landlord must hold any excess proceeds from the sale for thirty days and then, if unclaimed, may retain the proceeds.

Disregard of a Tenant's Right to Privacy

A tenant has a right to privacy. A landlord should not enter a tenant's rental unit without first giving a 24-hour written or verbal notice. A landlord can enter after giving notice when showing the unit to a prospective tenant, making a repair, or inspecting the property. It is unnecessary to provide notice when an emergency occurs.
- See more at: Ten Landlord Legal Mistakes to Avoid - FindLaw (http://realestate.findlaw.com/landlord-tenant-law/ten-landlord-legal-mistakes-to-avoid.html#sthash.5AjDGzwl.dpuf)

Your posts are still a little hard to follow. But first, you are required to give the landlord WRITTEN notice 30 days prior to vacating. If you did not do so, then you are liable for rent until the tenancy officially ends. Therefore, if you paid May but did not give 30 days notice prior to the end of May, then you owed for June. Did you also let the landlord know you would be away 2 weeks in May? Is this an apartment building or a house that you were renting?

When did you actually move your things out? You said "my Escort and several of my credit cards where missing " By Escort do you mean your car (a Ford Escort?)? Did you report it stolen? Did you report your credit cards stolen and cancel them? Do you know if they were used?

What is the landlord saying you owe him? Did you give a security deposit when you first moved in? Did you not leave a forwarding address?

Did the eviction notice state a hearing date? Did you check with the court to see if a hearing was held and an eviction order issued?

Did you sign a lease on your new place to protect you for the future?

Also what does this means: "if figures my boyfriend put them up and he said no "? And finally, what was said to your neighbors (not nabors).

They clarified escort in the next reply that the auto correct changed it to escort when they meant receipt. I don't know why they edited that and took it out yet didn't edit the escort.
I was unclear as to when they actually gave notice of their move out date as well.

They clarified escort in the next reply that the auto correct changed it to escort when they meant receipt. I don't know why they edited that and took it out yet didn't edit the escort.
I was unclear as to when they actually gave notice of their move out date as well.

Oh, I removed that post as a dup, just restored it.