Q: My tenant on mtm lease gave 30 day notice to end the lease end of March. It is now April, she is still there.
Tenant has been on month-to-month lease and gave appropriate 30 day notice in beginning of March to end lease at the end of March. She did not inform me that she intended to stay past April 1st, but has not left the home as of April 7th. She will not reply to any correspondence (email, call, text). She has not paid last month's utilities, damages (which had already been agreed to) or any rent for April. What laws are in place to enforce her (1) leaving the property, (2) paying previous dues, and (3) paying a pro-rated fee for the days past the end of the lease she has stayed on the property?
A: There is little you can do until the Covid 19 crisis is declared to be over. The courts are essentially closed, at least until April 30 and the Governor has suspended most landlord-tenant actions until June 20th. After that whether you can enforce termination notices that occurred during the crisis remains to be seen.
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