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Walk It Through: The Spare Key

Two days' written notice with a number to call, one day to show the unit, and no harassment.

A tenant comes home from work to find the landlord inside the apartment, with no notice beforehand.

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

One apartment and one landlord. Remedies for a violation, arbitration, and abandonment 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.