Will Your Lease Hold UP?
Magistrates Jacquie Purcell, Melissa West & Ellen Wolf

Just because your Lease covers certain situations or requires the Tenant to pay for certain things does not always mean the Court will enforce those provisions. When can a magistrate’s ruling trump a written contract?

For example,, your tenant wants to move because:
• mice were seen in the apartment
• robberies or domestic disputes were reported in the building
• the tenant gets called to duty for a branch of the armed forces

Or maybe, you want to evict your tenant because:
• the grass got high enough for a code-violation ticket before it gets mowed
• the tenant denies smoking but you smell cigarette odors and your lease prohibits it
• police are frequently called to the premises, or you have other reasons to suspect illegal activity

Or maybe, the tenant failed to pay for all your lawn maintenance services and substantial repairs, as well as your legal fees.

Whether your lease addresses these situations or not, you may not get the eviction or money judgment you want on these and other gray areas. Join Hamilton County Magistrates Purcell, West and Wolf on Thursday, August 16, 2012 at the 6:00 p.m. meeting to hear why certain provisions in your lease may not be enforceable in court.