Can the cosigner be held responsible if the tenant does not vacate at the end of the lease term? What would be my recourses?

Hello watcha:

If you sue the tenant, you can sue the cosigner too. Certainly you can't "evict" the cosigner, but I'd sure include him in all my correspondence.

excon

You can sue the co-signer just like you do the tenant, if the tenant does not have money or a job, you can force the co-signer to pay all the money due. This is why you ask for a co-signer