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    Mar 25, 2009, 05:00 PM
    Roommate needs to get out
    I have a roommate that doesn't pay for anything. She has a lot of furniture here and I just want her to get out. She starts arguments for no reason, plays loud music in the apartment and does whatever she feels like doing. I told her that she can take everything she owns and just get out. She is not on the lease and has no bills here. What rights does she have and how do I go about getting her out of my apartment?:confused:
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    Mar 25, 2009, 05:08 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by AB316 View Post
    I have a roomate that doesn't pay for anything. She has a lot of furniture here and I just want her to get out. She starts arguments for no reason, plays loud music in the apartment and does whatever she feels like doing. I told her that she can take everything she owns and just get out. She is not on the lease and has no bills here. What rights does she have and how do I go about getting her out of my apartment?:confused:
    Tease her, torture her... Call police when you are out and tell them that somebody is inside your house, when you go in and they ask you : "Hey you know her?", say "Hey!!! how do you have the keysss?!!!", then tell her to give the keys back to you, cause anyway she can't prove that she is living there no contract nothing... that's going to be funny!:D
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    Mar 25, 2009, 05:41 PM
    If she is supposed to pay rent monthly then she is a month-to-month tenant. You have to give her written notice before you can begin eviction proceedings.

    If she was supposed to be paying rent and hasn't then you can give her a 3-10 day notice to pay all amounts due or vacate. (The notice time depends on your specific state law.) If she hasn't paid by the end of the notice period then you can file a lawsuit for eviction.

    If you just want to end her tenancy then you have to give her a 30 day written notice that her tenancy is terminated and she must vacate. (Some states have a shorter time but the most common is 30 days.) If she hasn't vacated by the end of the notice period then you can file a lawsuit for eviction.

    The advantage of the non-payment notice is that the notice time is shorter. But the disadvantage is that, if she pays the full amount at any time up until the court date then you can't file for eviction and you have to start all over again.

    The advantage of the termination notice is that she can't get out of it by paying. The disadvantage is that the notice time is longer.
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    Mar 25, 2009, 05:48 PM

    Whether she pays rent or not, even if there was no agreement to pay rent, she is a resident. She has belongings there, I assume she gets mail there and may have ID showing that as her address. Any of these things estblish residency. And a resident has to be formally evicted.

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