The rights and responsibilities of landlords and tenants are mentioned in state statutes, local ordinances, contract law. This responsibility is varied from place to place around the states. In New York, Certain rights and duties apply to landlords and tenant. There is a handbook to explain those rights. These booklets should be used as a legal advice for solving any disputes between landlord and tenants. These booklets contain the summary of landlord tenant law. If you are a tenant, before entering into a lease agreement, you have to consider many things

1. Entering into the agreement

Inspecting the property before signing in to lease document.

Before signing in to lease document, you have to check whether the landlord saying things are right or wrong and also check whether the property is good for staying facilities

2. Security Deposit

Ask the landlord about the details of security deposit, how it is collected? When we get back the money? And read the details of laws specify in the eviction notice.

3. The lease

Periodic Leases

Definite Term Leases

Length Restrictions for Some Leases

Sale of the Building

4. Maintenance

5. Unlawful destruction of property.

During the tenancy

During the tenancy time, the landlord and tenant should keep something in mind

1. Rent

During the tenancy period, the tenant should keep in mind about the rent and the date at which paying the rent etc.

2. Privacy

The tenant has right to enjoy his own privacy

3. The tenant can seek the help of police, whenever needed.

4. Repairing

5. Organization in neighborhood

6. Inhabitable building

The tenant will check that whether the building is habitable for a living

Ending the tenancy

At the end of tenancy period, the landlord will provide eviction notice to mention that ending of tenancy. If the tenant ready to stay on, they continue the tenancy

If there is a compel ending tenancy , then you should mention the reason for evicting whether the tenant is not willing to pay the rent at the correct time or destroy any landlord property.

The landlord should issue the eviction notice before 1 weak, the time for responding the eviction notice.

If the tenant is not responding, then landlords have rights to proceed the lawsuit with the help of eviction attorney

At the time of ending the tenancy, the landlord will return back the security deposit, after meeting the expense of damages created by tenants.




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