Tenant Problems: Accessing Unit

All,



I have a tenant who I am having difficulties with. After posting the required notice, I tried to access the property only to find that the tenant had changed the locks (not allowed per lease).



Do I have the right to remove the offending lock and replace with my own lock? How can a tenant prevent access to the property?



Any ideas comments are appreciated.



Thanks.

JS.

Comments(4)

  • royalfortune223rd September, 2008

    Never ever go into a property (to change the locks back, for instance, or to break the offending lock) without first calling the police and having an officer there with you when you do it.

    MC

  • rglover54817th September, 2008

    Nothing wrong with calling this tenant at his job to see how hes doing?

    debt?...well u get the point. good luck!

  • NewKidInTown323rd September, 2008

    The Fair Credit Reporting Act is not the law you want to check.

    The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, better known as the FDCPA, is a federal law that governs the actions of parties acting as debt collectors for personal debts.

    The answer to your question is in the FDCPA

  • ypochris22nd September, 2008

    Well, I just tried it out on an employee who got out three years ago after doing 15 years for stealing cars, and the result was "no records found"...

    Chris

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