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"Maxwelton" <maxwelton@my-deja.com> wrote in misc.legal.moderated:
The situation is a small business owner that leases
a lot on a month to month basis. I always must remind
them to pay and payments have gotten later and later.
... I know I must serve the tenant with
a notice of eviction, but does the local law
enforcement need to do this or how
exactly should it be done?
On what basis do you "know" that you must serve them with a notice
of eviction? Since your lease is month to month, simply tell them
that you will not be renewing the lease as of the end of May, i.e.
the end of the next rental period. Follow up with a letter, of
course, and keep a copy.
This is WAY easier than eviction as you don't have to give a reason.
And once you've served notice on them that they have to vacate, if
they stay over you have an ironclad case for evicting them.
You would need to involve local law enforcement in an eviction. You
do not need to involve them in a simple lease termination, and in
fact if you tried to they would look at you funny.
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