Q: My Landord is giving me a 72 hr notice but I am not even on a lease. What does she need to do to get me out?
I moved in with my girlfriend and the landlord approved it, increased the rent but never put me on a lease agreement like she said she was going to do. She now is trying to give my girlfriend and I a 72 hr eviction notice but I am not even on the lease. What steps does she need to go thru in order to evict me correctly?
A: Your landlord must serve a properly worded, lawfully served 72 Hr. Notice on the lease holder - apparently your girlfriend. She is free to serve you an informational copy as well though is not legally required to. If the rent is not timely paid, then she does not have to accept rent after the 72 hr. deadline and can simply file in court to evict your girlfriend and you or, perhaps, simply file to evict your girlfriend and all others. Either way, as long as the landlord does it right, if the girlfriend gets evicted, so do you. If you are named as a party, then any eviction would go on your rental record as well as on your girlfriend's. If you have an eviction - especially a recent one - on your rental record, you are likely to find it very difficult to find a new landlord willing to rent to you, particularly in this tight rental market. If it comes to it, you may want to review with a landlord-tenant attorney whether the notice and method of service are valid and enforceable. If you don't find one you like in Hillsboro, most of us in the Portland Metro Area regularly represent client's in Washington County as well as Multnomah and Clackamas. Good luck.
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