Q: I got a written thirty day notice and within the same week got a 72 hour notice. Which one do I follow
The thirty day notice has my name spelt wrong, and does t give a time on the last day I should be their to move out. I feel like the thirty day notice is lacking information it needs to stand up in courts. Then I got a 72 hr notice the same week claiming to pay a different amount of rent then the thirty day notice. They dont match up and now I have two different dates to move out... Help!
A: The notices may indeed be deficient in terms of how they are worded or in how they were served. You would have to go to trial to assert those defenses if the landlord does not just concede the defectiveness. As for different rent amounts, again, that may or may not invalidate the enforceability of the Notices. Getting both a 30 day and a 72 hr notice is perfectly acceptable and normal. The one gives you 72 hrs to pay the amount of late rent you allegedly owe. If you do not, your tenancy is supposed to terminate at the end of the 72 hrs. If you do pay (or if that notice is indeed defective), then your tenancy continues but supposedly ends at the end of day 30, unless that notice also is defective. All in all, you may wish to review it all in detail with a landlord-tenant attorney.
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