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Our tenant is way behind on their rent. they have been promising to pay but have not made any payment for over a month. We found out that he no longer has his job. We gave them a three day eviction notice, can we change the locks after three days if they decide not to leave?
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A verbal contract is a lease so you can do an eviction just as if you went through an actually signed lease.  You will need to send a notice to pay or quit then file the official eviction with the court.
You still need to do everything legally. Just file the eviction with the court and after the proper time then you can re-claim the property and change the lock.
If they come up with all money that is owed for rent and damages, the judge will let them stay. But that's all you want anyways.
Yes you can evict them immediately, make sure to gather all proof of the breach and send the proper notices to perform or quit. Then file the eviction with the court Take note of damages and the receipt or estimate from contractors for repairs.
The tenants cannot break the lease, if they do you are entitled to security and rents owed. It is an unfortunate situation but it is not Life threatening.  If they do move out you will want to find new roommates asap and would probably want to start clean and ask that all of them vacate the premises. As for Utah law you would want to contact a lawyer in regards to how the best war to carry this out would be.
I am sorry Tamara, we at ezlandlordforms cannot lend legal information or advice. We are not lawyers and agree with David on this issue. Please seek professional advice from a lawyer or contact your local court to find out the best way to proceed. Good luck!
Tamara I would seek out an attorney immediately. If they are experienced at this then they will know how to cheat the system. An attorney will be able to advise you the best.
Great, thank you much.
Start the eviction process for everyone and get new renters in there ASAP. If you file an eviction with the court you will be all set that if they try to come back in 4 months that they have already been evicted. As for the cousin cut him loose he is not on the lease. He has no right being in the house.  Get the house ready for showing and change the lock once you have new renters.
I accepted half the rent 10 days ago and since , the tenant has not paid the rest.... I want to evict her because this is not acceptable. Can I just send her a 3 day pay or vacate ?
Was there a previous lease? If so the lease would renew on a month to month basis after the first year. If he gives the tenant 30 days notice they must leave within that time if they do not then yes he will need to evict them.
When you say "eviction letter" what do you mean?  Do you mean a "pay or quit notice"?  When you accept payments, don't accept partials unless you're sure that the person will be able to pay the remainder.  If you accept partials, you're setting yourself up for a precedent of allowing the tenant to pay you partials.  When are they paying you the remainder?
What was the cause for losing her voucher?
NEVER. You can never legally turn off utilities to force a tenant out. You've given your notices, now why haven't you filed eviction against them?  You only need one notice. When they ignore that notice what makes you think they will pay when you send a second and third?  Just file the court paperwork and then you will be sending a message they will actually pay attention to.
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