Question: I suspect there are at least five people living in a one-bedroom apartment in one of our units. The lease only allows three persons, and they have not paid rent. I want to serve a three-day notice to pay rent or quit, but I do not know all of their names. What should I do?
Answer: If you serve a three-day notice, address it to the occupants for which you have the names and also to “all others in possession.” If they pay the rent, however, you may have agreed to the additional people living there. If you do not intend to allow their occupancy, you could also serve a three-day notice to perform conditions and/or covenants or quit requiring that the additional people vacate within three days. If either or both of the notices are not complied with, you can commence with an eviction in court.
Question: A tenant of three years recently vacated with only a verbal two-week notice. Can she be charged for unpaid rent? She did not have a lease agreement and never signed anything stating that she would give a 30-day notice.
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