by Iov » Tue May 20, 2014 6:29 pm
"Do i have any legal rights as tennant without a writtne lease agreement. ie: 30 day written notice of increase, and 30 day eviction?"Are you saying you don't have a written lease agreement?Consumers are protected by resdential landlord tenant statutes but business owners are deemed by legislators to be astute enough to properly handle commercial leases so there typically is no statutory protection.I'm guessing that a court of law could rule that certain practices might be unconscionable, i.e: marching you out of the building at gunpoint with no notice, but the practice would have to be very extreme.A court might also apply a standard of reasonableness to notice of increases. But that's no guarantee that it would be 30 days or any amount of days.As for eviction, it would take as long as it would take for the owners to file for eviction, get it processed by the court, and get you thrown out. Could be less than 30 days, could be more than 30 days. The trouble with standing your ground and making them file for eviction is that an eviction is a judgment and a judgment ends up on your credit report."The brother is my father in law....so i guess iwouldnt mind."You'd better mind. Never do business with family.If the reason you don't have a written lease is because you were dealing with family, now you know why that was a bad idea.