Portland, OR asked in Contracts and Landlord - Tenant for Oregon

Q: Regarding Rental Agreements in State of Oregon. Two individual lease agreements for apartment and separate garage uni

We are moving this month. We submitted a 30 day notice for our apartment only with the plan of vacating by the 23rd of May. We are intending to keep our garage to the end of the month to help facilitate a less crazy move.

The garage is on it's own separate lease agreement with no conditions requiring continued tenancy, in fact several garages in the complex are held by people who are no longer tenants.

The complex manager is demanding that we pay for our apartment thru to the end of May if we don't relinquish the garage same day as apartment keys.

My question: Can they do this if each unit has it's own separate leasing paperwork with no specific conditions tied to our remaining tenants?

Thank you for the assistance.

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1 Lawyer Answer
Gregory L Abbott
Gregory L Abbott
Answered
  • Landlord Tenant Lawyer
  • Portland, OR
  • Licensed in Oregon

A: The only way to answer this is for an attorney to carefully review each lease. In general, each lease stands on it's own and thus you would be right in that one could be terminated without necessarilt terminating the other, but again, only a careful, complete review by an attorney is likely to be able to tell you anything with some sembelence of certainty. Good luck.

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