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Walk It Through: The Landlord at the Door

A landlord with a key and no notice, a burst pipe, a week away, and showings every evening.

A landlord lets himself into an apartment on a Saturday morning to look at the furnace, with no notice.

Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.

Entry into a rented apartment. A landlord who changes the locks, a landlord living in the same unit, and a criminal trespass by a landlord are not worked through here.

A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.