Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Florida
I am not on the lease in the apt I'm staying but I "sublet " a different room out to someone else . Now the actual lease holder wants the other person out . The actual lease is up and the other person won't leave .
If she changed the locks will I be arrested for locking that person out?
Asked on 12/07/13, 1:58 pm
1 Answer from Attorneys
Barry Stein
De Cardenas, Freixas, Stein & Zachary
The individual who has breached the lease has to be evicted. Self help is not allowed. You are not guilty of a crime unless the landlord believe you have potentially stolen the landlord's asset. The landlord can evict or eject the squatter.
Answered on 12/07/13, 5:46 pm
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