Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Pennsylvania

tenancy at a motel

A guest has stayed in a room in a Pennsylvania motel for over a year. He has paid rent on a weekly basis. There is no lease or rental agreement. Due to non-payment the management wants to remove him. He has legal background. Does the motel need to evict the guest under Landlord & Tenants law or give reference in Hospitality law?


Asked on 2/25/08, 10:43 am

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Re: tenancy at a motel

Interesting question. Generally hotels only need to show a person has not paid for the accommodations before it can use self help to remove them. However, if it has been for over a year, he may have a colorable argument that he is a "tenant" - still, I think he'd lose that argument, and possession is still 9/10ths of the law! The guy does not have a good argument that he expected to be treated as a tenant, as opposed to a hotel guest.

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Answered on 2/25/08, 12:19 pm


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