Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Florida

Can my lease be terminated because one of the people on the list has a felony on their record?


Asked on 11/15/11, 11:39 am

1 Answer from Attorneys

William Gwaltney William W. Gwaltney, Attorneys at Law

It depends on what your lease says. If a clean record is a condition of the lease then probably so. If you were asked about any convictions and the response was "no" when actually it was "yes" then the landlord MAY be able to terminate the lease.

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Answered on 11/21/11, 7:28 am


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