Q: Can a manager go in my place without permission if I'm not home and I tell him no?
I'm out of town and my manager gave me a notice of entry but I requested him to reschedule. Can he still enter?
A: Assuming you are talking about residential landlord-tenant in Oregon, and assuming there was no actual emergency justifying entry, a landlord or their representative has to provide you at least 24 hrs advanced notice of their intent to enter. You are free to deny entry so long as you do not do so unreasonably - and even then, they cannot enter without a Judge first deciding that you are unreasonable in denial of entry. So if you told them no (hopefully in a way you can prove - witness? In writing? etc.) and they entered anyway (and you can prove the entry), you likely are entitled to recover a month's rent for each such violation within the last year, along with your court costs and attorney's fees. If you have a solid case, it is the sort of case that landlord-tenant attorneys often take on contingency, meaning you don't owe them anything for their time beyond an initial evaluation interview. You would still have to pay the court fees and other out of pocket expenses. Upon prevailing, you would get a Judgment against the landlord that would include reimbursement for those out of pocket expenses and the attorney would get Judgment against the landlord for their fees. If you somehow did not prevail, then your attorney goes unpaid.
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