Walk It Through: The Landlord with a Key
Unannounced visits, a showing for buyers, a complaint to the city, and a rent increase right after.
A tenant comes home to find the landlord inside without any notice. Nothing was broken or leaking.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
A tenant with a lease in a rented house. A tenant's own long absence, an emergency entry, and a court order for access are left out.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.