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
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.
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.
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 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.)
When I entered the apartment, it was untenanted and I had to furnish it soonest possible.
No. If he entered your apartment legally, he may exit. Otherwise, you will have a maintenance guy living with you.
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.
It was Magua who entered and caught Heyward with Alice while he was in the apartment of the cave trying to rescue her. Magua was a Huron chief who had a vendetta against Heyward and sought to harm him.
Magua
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.
David Gamut