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Landlord Entering, You Are Not There

Landlord Entering Property When You Are Not There

Are there legal reasons for a landlord to enter the place you are renting when you are not there?

There Not You Entering Landlord

Most of the time a land lord should give you at least 24 hour notice that they need to come into your place to make a repair or update something that they need to access your place. Other times like in a fire, gas leak,water leak or other situation they may enter to find the problem and deal with the situation.

If the landlord is coming into your place without cause or warning then you need to move out. Taking them to court and win some money for possible stalking you.

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It depends upon the terms of your lease. Usually they have the right to enter for repairs at reasonable hours. Most leases will state whether they have to give advance notice or not. It is usually not legal for the landlord to enter your apartment without just cause.

There Not You Entering Landlord

Of course not, it is not legal. He/she cannot enter the apartment when you are not there! You must always be present, if they do then like someone said it is time to move out because it crossed the line of safety.

There Not You Entering Landlord

Any smart landlord would never just enter your place without letting you know because then you could say something was missing, etc. Only if the place was flooding or on fire.

Landlord Entering, You Are Not There

There is no reason whatsoever for the landlord to enter your premises, it's illegal and if that ever happened to me I would be suing him for the thousands.

Landlord Entering You Not There

As far as I understand the landlord can enter as long as it is written in the contract thats why you need to always read the small print.

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I think there are a few reasons a landlord can legally enter the home. The first would be that you are not paying rent on time or for many months and you have been warned. That would mean you have broken the contract. He may have to bring police with him or a lawyer so that he wont have to worry about any lawsuits. Another reason I can understand is that there are safety violations and he has tried to contact you but you are ignoring his calls.
Other than the reasons I have explained I see no reason for a landlord to go into your home when you are not there. He/she knows they can be sued or accused of something if they enter the home. Like another poster stated, you must be aware of all details on the contract.