Receiving mail is merely a sign that a person is living at the home. It is not dispositive of residency. If the person is not a guest, a holdover tenant or a resident, they are trespassing and you should contact the police. If the police will not get involved, you will have to evict her.

10 day notices to pay or quit premises are not filed with courts and they are not served. Indiana law requires them to be posted conspicuously on the property or affixed to the door. It can also be handwritten as long as it contains the necessary information, identifies what it is and who it is... View More

If your tenants are on a month to month lease, you can notify them that you will not be renewing their lease for the next month if you so choose. You have to give them one month's notice of this though.

If the utilities are in the landlord's name but are to be paid by the tenants and the tenants are not paying, the landlord still must provide and pay those utility bills. Landlords are bound to provide a safe and habitable space to the tenants. If the tenants are violating the lease agreement... View More

If your lease requires the 10 day notice or does not waive that requirement, the 10 day serves as a period for which the tenant can pay the rent that is owed or cure whatever violation of the lease that is being broken. If it is fixed by the end of the 10 day period, they are allowed to stay.

The landlord can refuse to accept payment and continue with the eviction. You could negotiate with the landlord to pay off the owed amount to stop the eviction, but you would need an explicit agreement that the eviction would be withdrawn as part of that payment. Unless you have a valid legal... View More

In this case you do have to pay full rent. The landlord did what they are supposed to do if the premises are damaged and are unlivable for a period of time: they either prorate the rent for the days you are not living there and you find your own alternate living conditions or they pay out of pocket... View More

Yes, a landlord must provide heat year round, regardless of any other circumstances.

Indiana law is very clear that if a landlord does not provide an itemized list of damages within 45 days of the renter surrendering the property when the renter has paid a security deposit as part of the lease agreement that the renter is entitled to the full refund of the security deposit. This... View More

Receiving mail at an address can be evidence that a person lives at a certain address but it is not dispositive proof that they are a tenant. I'm not sure where this 30 day notice requirement comes from either. There is no such law.

Your landlord can refuse to renew your lease for just about any reason as long as it is not illegal. Not wanting to rent to someone with a dog is a legal reason to not renew a lease agreement.

Your landlord must provide you reasonable notice, usually 24 hours, for non-emergency access to your property. If it is an emergency your landlord may have access to prevent destruction to the property but must still notify you.

The Sheriff is correct that this is a civil matter. You should immediately seek a consultation with an attorney and hire them to file a suit against the homeowner to prevent him from selling off your items and allow you to get access to your property.

There should be no need for an eviction if you have already moved out. If there is a hearing date, be sure to show up for that. That said though, if you got a notice of motion for dismissal, that means that one side is attempting to dismiss the case. Contact the clerk of the court to find out what... View More

You should have removed everything from the property before the date of the eviction order. If you are merely in the process of being evicted you should be able to remove your personal belongings from the property at any time since you are still technically occupying the premises.

The lease terms may change from year to year. Each separate year is a separate lease agreement. Your landlord may offer different terms when the contract is up for renewal. If it is important to have a grace period in the lease agreement, you can negotiate with your landlord for one.

If the kitchen is unusable, the electricity is unusable and by no fault of the tenant then the landlord needs to do either one of two things:

1. The landlord should either put the tenant up in temporary living situation (ideally another unit in the building)

or

2. The... View More

Yes and no. If your landlord has failed to provide you with a safe and habitable living space and refuses to make repairs you need to give notice that they need to either fix the issues within a reasonable time or you will consider the lease agreement to be breached under a theory of constructive... View More

They are two separate documents that serve two separate purposes.

If you intend on filing for an eviction or you believe that they will be hold over tenants you should file a 10 day notice to pay up or quit. The 10 day notice to quit has to be posted conspicuously on the property or given... View More

The landlord can increase your rent to whatever they want with the proper notice. Indiana has no laws that prevent landlords from increasing the rates to whatever they want. If you do not want to pay the increased rate you are free to move.