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    Oct 29, 2006, 08:27 PM
    Lease Agreement
    My fiancée and I having been staying in an apartment in PA for over a year and a half. We did not renew our previous lease but have continued to stay based on the leases provisions. The lease states that after the lease ends (1yr) that the tenant may stay on a 60 day provision. The tenant must give 60 day notice before vacating the apartment.

    My question is in two parts:

    1. Does PA Landlord/Tenant law allow for such a provision (60 days)? Most states are 30 days regardless.

    2. During our stay a new company bought the property. Would our previous lease still be binding if in this aspect if we never signed a new lease with the current landlord?
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    Oct 29, 2006, 08:37 PM
    First, you can use the "sticky" at the top of this forum to check PA law.

    Second, Most laws specify a minimum notice but that doesn't mean that a lease agreement can't have different terms as long as the law isn't violated.

    Third, Yes the lease would be binding upon the successor owner. But they can change the terms with 60 days notice.
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    Oct 29, 2006, 08:59 PM
    In most states what they have is that it will be 30 days if there are no provisions, yes they are free to set it at 60 days if you agreed to it in the original lease and signed and it was part of that contract.

    And yes just as the new owner is obligated to honor the new lease they have purchased them basically as part of their recievables.

    So in basics, you are obligated to the new owners, and have to give a 60 day notice.

    From my opinion anyway

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