- Jurisdiction
- Maryland
I moved out of a house that I was a tenant in, and I got a subtenant to take my spot (I didn't bother telling the management company because they aren't very responsive to anything. I know this is a breach of contract). However, due to circumstances with how the subtenant is interacting with the current tenants, I decided that I want to end the lease early and pay the termination fee (2 months rent. We're all on the lease together, but the current tenants want to move anyway). When I told the subtenant, she said that she wouldn't leave and that I would need to go to court to evict her. The thing is, I'm not the landlord, and she isn't really allowed to be there in the first place (to be fair, I did have her sign a short paragraph saying that she needed to pay rent if she was going to live there, but given that I'm terminating the actual lease, I'm not sure what this contract means anymore...). Here are my questions:
1) Is it my job to evict her, or does the management company have to do that?
2) If the management company does it, will they file an eviction suit against me or the person living there? My name is on the lease, so I'm just wondering if I'll be listed as the one "getting evicted."
3) Will I get in trouble for her not leaving? What fees will I have to pay beyond the termination fee?
4) Does she have grounds to stay there given the short little (and questionably legal) "lease" that I had her sign?
1) Is it my job to evict her, or does the management company have to do that?
2) If the management company does it, will they file an eviction suit against me or the person living there? My name is on the lease, so I'm just wondering if I'll be listed as the one "getting evicted."
3) Will I get in trouble for her not leaving? What fees will I have to pay beyond the termination fee?
4) Does she have grounds to stay there given the short little (and questionably legal) "lease" that I had her sign?
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