Every Tenant's Legal Guide

✍ Scribed by Stewart, Marcia;Portman, Janet

• Publisher: NOLO
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Edition: 7th ed
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Finding a place to rent -- Leases and rental agreements -- Basic rent rules -- Security deposits -- Discrimination -- Inspecting the rental unit and moving in -- Roommates -- Major repairs and maintenance -- Minor repairs and maintenance -- Making improvements and alterations -- Your right to privacy -- Injuries on the premises -- Environmental hazards -- Crime on the premises -- How tenancies end or change -- Moving out and getting your security deposit back -- Termination notices based on nonpayment of rent and other illegal acts -- Evictions -- Resolving problems without a lawyer -- Lawyers and legal research.;"Provides renters the legal and practical information they need to deal with landlords and other tenants, and protect their rights when things go wrong"--Provided by publisher.

✦ Table of Contents

Finding a place to rent --
Leases and rental agreements --
Basic rent rules --
Security deposits --
Discrimination --
Inspecting the rental unit and moving in --
Roommates --
Major repairs and maintenance --
Minor repairs and maintenance --
Making improvements and alterations --
Your right to privacy --
Injuries on the premises --
Environmental hazards --
Crime on the premises --
How tenancies end or change --
Moving out and getting your security deposit back --
Termination notices based on nonpayment of rent and other illegal acts --
Evictions --
Resolving problems without a lawyer --
Lawyers and legal research.

✦ Subjects

Landlord and tenant--United States;LAW / Real Estate;;Landlord and tenant;Law for laypersons;Popular works;Landlord and tenant -- United States -- Popular works;United States