It depends on the express terms of your lease and, specifically, whether a "Certificate of Occupancy" is either mentioned in the lease and/or...

Previous roommates are demanding security deposit the landlord has already utilized.

Doesn't seem to me as if they have any grounds to complain. Security deposits are used for unpaid rent and damage. If all three of you were on...

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Can I break a 1y Lease Agreement and keep the Sec. Deposit due to Mice Infestation that the owner is not willing to resolve?

In every lease in Maryland there's what's known as the implied warranty of habitability. The Implied Warranty of Habitability is codified at...

I agree with my colleague. However, keep in mind that in Maryland, if you acknowledge that you owe the debt beyond the date when the original...

Who is responsible to repair my buisness window that was broken ( vandalized )

You don't give enough information. In commercial leases, there are usually sections which prescribe the things for which a tenant is responsible...

I am renting a house and my landlord did not fix heat for 2 days and also he just came by and I opened the door he said need en

Most states require a landlord to ensure that things pertaining to livability, i.e. heat are in working order. If a landlord doesn't, then he's in...

My mother signed a lease agreement at a senior living facility in Virginia, then the next day went in and canceled the lease.

You have to look to the terms of the written lease agreement to ascertain the facility's cancellation/termination policy. Lease are unlike...

I rented a house from someone who advertised on craigslist. The landlord has disappeared and I have found he didn't own house.

You may have been scammed. If someone with no interest in the property rented the property to you without permission of the owner and/or not being...

Landlord or property owner responsible for injury to tenant of rental home South Carolina? uninhabitable conditions.

Have you advised your landlord to make repairs? If not, you need to do so in writing. Under South Carolina law, a landlord has a duty to keep...

If my landlord fails to give me a move out notice reminder, can I request an earlier move out?

Your lease sounds pretty clear and unambiguous. They failed to give you a notice; therefore, you only have to give 30 days' notice to move...