What can a landlord in Nevada do about tenants who move out early & damaged the house?

[jolie]

Does anyone know a website where I can get reliable information about Nevada housing rental laws? Here's the situation: My mother owns a house in NV but lives out of state. She has rented the house to a family the last 2 yrs & their lease ends the end of this November. They moved out early October. Although they mentioned they had to move out early, they never actually said an exact date or formally notified my mom. Is it right for my mom to ask for the Oct & Nov rent bc they don't want to pay it; they told her to keep the security deposit & it should be called even? But they also damaged the property & I think the security deposit won't even cover all the expenses to fix it. They were only permitted to have 1 dog, but had 2, & they painted the walls & cabinets of bedroom w/o permission. What are her rights as a landlord & what can she legally do? What is your personal opinion of this? Thanks!

[kendell]

no site needed;

I teach this;

a; no one can force a person to do things in biz that they don't want to do and thus, either the WRONGED party must eat the loss OR sue the
party doing the wronging.

b; thus, your mom has been wronged by a BREACH of contract
and so she should just sue in small claims court.

c; to get reimbursed for damaged property, "naturally" the
landlord has the tenant's deposit and if the tenant does not
debate issues, the deposit is used for repairs.

d; the landlord has 2 simple choices--and i recommend the
court approach--as it is not a mean, vicious thing, it
is almost mechanical; 'is there a contract? Did either party
breach it. Prove it. Judgment. Period.

e; to collect more money owed than is on deposit, one needs a judgment and then, one sends that to a collection agency. If the
party stays local,. one can seek an ASSET hearing [easy to do]
and the Ll gives the data collected to the sheriff who goes
to collect. That is more complicated with tenants that move
away.

with a judgment, mom can renew the judgment until paid, even
30 yrs if needed.

so, I suggest suing. Since the prop has been vacated early,
go to court NOW for a hearing, a detainer action. she sues at the apt where the tenant was. The tenant won't be at court.

available for further help

[gerard]

kemperk said it all