Walk It Through: The Way Out
Written notice within 3 months, rent ending after 30 days, and the locks changed within 2 business days.
A tenant whose former partner keeps showing up at the apartment gets a protective order and wants to move out before the lease ends.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One apartment and one order. A threat from someone on the lease, the court's power to restrain violations, and confidentiality in detail are not worked through here.
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.
- Reasonable feeWhat a health care provider may charge for furnishing a copy of a patient's records, as defined in the hospital records section the provision refers to.
- Security depositA deposit equal to no more than the first month's rent, which stays the tenant's property: the landlord holds it in a separate, interest bearing account in a Massachusetts bank, beyond the reach of the landlord's creditors.