Walk It Through: The Lockout
A changed lock after a rent dispute, the heat shut off, and belongings out of reach.
After an argument about rent, a tenant comes home to find the lock changed.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
A tenant shut out of a year round rental by the landlord. A tenant who abandoned the unit, a utility cut off by the company for the tenant's own bill, and a criminal charge against the landlord are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.