Yes, but seek legal counsel on how best to do it. If you don't have the protection of the law, the landlord could steal or destroy any and all of your property that he can. If it isn't the landlord breaking in, the landlord is legally obligated to provide reasonable assitance to help you protect your property.
They entered with Pharaoh's permission.
No. The judgment has been entered and stands. But your landlord can report to the courts that the judgment has been satisfied which will take it off the open books.ANOTHER VIEW: If YOU are the landlord, you can file a motion with the court to 'vacate the finding' in order to nullify it.
He can't enter the apartment without permission. Once the tenant lets him in the apartment, I suppose he can go into any room, without asking. Surely the tenants have the right to tell him not to go into certain room. This might be a question of whether they did.
Yes and No. It really depends on whether or not changing this filter constituted an emergency situation. If it does not, the owner must technically obtain a lawyer and file to enter your apartment without your permission. However, if he has evidence of trying to reach you unsuccessfully, and nothing in your apartment was damaged or destroyed, a court is likely to rule in his favor if you took him to court. Think Properties NYC
There are varying degrees of trespass. However, in its simplest form trespass is defined as any unlawful entry to property of another. A person who has unlawfully entered the property of another has no right to be on the property. A person who has a right to come onto the land may become a trespasser by committing wrongful acts after entry such as a person who entered with permission but then was asked to leave, or, a person who entered the property to attend a yard sale who then entered the house without permission.
Do NOT tolerate this criminal activity. Go to the police, NOW! She needs to be stopped before she does worse things and winds up in prison. PS, she is not, repeat, not your friend. Acquaintance, maybe, but not friend.
Your landlord will win the lawsuit by default. Then a writ of restitution will be entered, and you will be forcibly removed from your apartment.
The landlord will win by a default judgment. In some states, such as California, you must still present your case to the judge even though the tenant did not show up. In other states, such as Nevada, if the tenant does not show up you are awarded a default judgment and do not speak with the judge at all.
No, the permission of only one of the owners is sufficient to search their common residence. (Exception: if the building is divided into a duplex or clearly separate apartment or domiciles, then only the portion of the building relating to the permission-giving owner may be entered and searched.)
Goldilocks entered the bears' house without permission, ate baby bear's porridge, and broke baby bear's chair.
I meet a lot of landlords who think they should have a key. I don't know why they need one. The landlord should never be entering the unit without the tenant's permission, and, preferably, with the tenant there. Some say that they should have a key in case of an emergency. But, if there is a fire, you should be calling 911. If there is a flood, like from a broken pipe, I would still call 911. I know of no law that entitles a landlord to a key.Another View: This requirement MAY be a matter of local regulation and you should check with your local authorities. You must remember that regardless of whether or not you are renting/leasing the property in question it STILL BELONGS to and IS OWNED by the landlord. As a matter, when I formerly occupied rental premises I have never lived in a rental property where the landlord (or management company) did NOT have the authority to enter the premises, although they were required by law to leave a notice stating that they had entered in your absence, and the reason.
The song "Ain't Misbehavin" was composed by Fats Waller in 1929, and has entered the public domain; you are free to quote from it in your novel.