Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Washington

homeless??????

my uncle and i rented a house the begining of this month. we are both on the lease. we got in a argument last friday and now m told we have ten days to move. can my uncle terminate the lease without my concent


Asked on 11/16/07, 11:56 am

1 Answer from Attorneys

Elizabeth Powell ELizabeth Powell PS Inc

Re: homeless??????

Your uncle is not your landlord (if I am reading this correctly). He is a co-tenant, and as such does not have standing to evict you.

If you are both on the lease you are jointly and severally responsible to comply with the terms of the lease. The major term is the duty to pay rent.

Your lease obligation runs from you to your landlord and vice versa, not from you to your uncle.

So the short answer is that your uncle cannot tell you to leave because he isn't the landlord.

There is no way to terminate a lease on ten day's notice, either, unless everybody agrees.

Hope this helps. Elizabeth Powell

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Answered on 11/16/07, 7:40 pm


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