It is not clear to me whether you have valid claims but if so, the likely most important thing you can do right now is to document everything as fully as you can. Notices, documents, witnesses, pictures, etc as well as proof of what you lost and its value. You have 1 year after the event to sue... View More

The security deposit is to cover the costs of damages that the tenant is responsible for. A landlord is free to charge against it anytime and to require the tenant to restore the deposit's balance. You can request proof of the charges but this means the landlord doesn't have to advance... View More

It is very common for victims of DV to later recant and/or want no contact orders lifted. Very rarely is that granted. You can try talking with her attorney to see if you can do anything to help her legal position but ultimately, the legal process will play out and you can't alter it very... View More

What does your lease say? Your landlord's water is presumably metered and hooked up to your pipes. How is the neighbor's water acquired? Do you have septic or does your neighbor provide some sort of sewer service as well? Since water and sewer are frequently billed together by the... View More

First, depending upon the details, notice given to the landlord, etc., you may have claims back at the landlord for failing to remedy the bedbug issues. If you want to consider that, review things with a local landlord-tenant attorney.

As for pro-rating the rent, yes, if you have noticed... View More

Of course you can - if you stole it to begin with. But you are a lot less likely to be charged and if you are, it likely would be a reduced charge or the D.A. is likely to agree to a much more favorable plea bargain than they would if you knowingly refuse to return the dog you stole.

You don't say where or what specifically was determined or what entity determined it. Generally though the time to get help is before a court hearing, not after. You admit a child was injured by the dog. Without a good reason, that alone may be sufficient to classify it as being dangerous.

Much depends upon what the lease says. IF it contains an early termination penalty clause, the landlord is free to assess up to a 1 1/2 mo rent penalty for early termination, according to the written lease provisions. If there is no such pre-payment penalty, the existing tenant can be on the hook... View More

No worries. Eviction suits can only be filed Mon-Fri. Plus they can't file without first having given you a 10 day (no longer just 72 hr) written notice, containing all the required information and having it lawfully served. Even then, once an eviction suit is filed, your first court... View More

You need to carefully read your lease regarding renewal and termination. Some leases terminate automatically unless the parties have agreed to renew it. Most automatically roll into becoming a month to month if there's no agreed renewal of the fixed term lease. Still others require at least X... View More

If you are out tomorrow, the on-going problems sound to be resolved. You may or may not have claims against them so once you are out and resettled, consider reviewing everything with a local landlord-tenant attorney. You have up to a year after an event occurs to bring suit before the statute of... View More

You ignore an attorney at your own peril and they could be risking the loss of their law license if they told you that they represent someone when they don't. Without a written lease, you have to be on a month to month tenancy. So if you have been there less than a year, and are not within... View More

IF the Statute of Limitations has truly passed (likely but depends upon the details), then not only do they likely not have a case, but you may have unfair debt collection practices claims against them. Beware. A common tactic is to try to get you to pay something - even just a few dollars "to... View More

He doesn't need to renew for a fixed term but neither will he be able to terminate your lease without cause except for a permitted reason (which also would allow him to not renew the lease or have it rollover into a month to month tenancy now if he had a permitted reason and desire) and then... View More

Your concerns are likely justified. If she is a part owner, she is not a tenant and has no tenant rights (at unless you give them to her by allowing her to stay past the statutory period. The others sound to be valid tenants - but whose? If you co-own the house, then yes you already are a landlord... View More

If you truly don't get along with your court appointed attorney, ask the Judge for a different one. Court appointed defense attorneys are how indigent defendants are taken care of and are paid by the State. Why would any other attorney volunteer their time and not be paid when you have a... View More

Actually, Portland uses 10% not as a rent cap but rather if more than 10% rent increase, a tenant could refuse, move out and force the landlord to pay relocation assistance. It also required the landlord to include a variety of notices of tenants rights with the rent raising notice.

You need to start with what the written lease says about termination and/or renewal of the tenancy. Some leases automatically renew unless one of the parties provides notice of their intent to not renew - usually with a minimum advanced time period for such notice (30 days, 60 days, etc.). Under... View More

It depends upon the exact facts but likely not. You likely DO have claims against both the daughter and the dealer if you want to pursue them. If you do pursue claims against anyone else, I would expect them to sue your daughter as part of the proceeding - and she sounds to be the biggest culprit... View More

You most likely cannot rent out any part of your leased rental dwelling without the landlord's express permission - almost every residential lease contains a no subletting clause. If you are in danger of being evicted, for any reason, you wouldn't want to rent or sub-let anything at the... View More