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Question: I have a maintenance worker who was terminated and was given seven days to vacate his apartment. He has not left,
and I would like to know if I need to send him through the eviction process or if there is anything else I can do to get him out.
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Question: Do I have to pay a tenant interest on his security deposit?
Answer: There are no state laws requiring that interest be paid on the tenant’s security deposit. However, some rent control
uestion: Is it illegal for an owner to charge
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for his own labor (as long as it is the going
our rental. I have asked them to quiet down on numerous occasions and have even called the police. They keep playing their music late at night and into the wee hours of the morning. What else can we do?
rate for that type of work) and deduct that mount from the tenant’s security deposit?
nswer: It is not illegal to deduct for your aA
own labor from the tenant’s security deposit.
You can charge a reasonable hourly rate and must state the time and rate in your security deposit disposition statement.
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nswer: You need to send him through the ordinances and/or other local ordinances do eviction process. require interest to be paid.
uestion: There is a very loud tenant in the apartment building across the alley from
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