Walk It Through: The Fine Print
Clauses that void the whole lease, court only for putting a tenant out, and property left behind.
Signing a lease, a tenant notices a clause making the tenant pay the landlord's attorney fees in any dispute.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One lease and one tenant. The other void clauses, fixtures, and a mobile home left behind 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.
- Void and unenforceableWhat a residential rental agreement becomes when it contains a forbidden term, such as eviction other than by the judicial procedure, a waiver of the duty to mitigate, or a waiver of the duty to keep the premises fit.
- Abandoned propertyPersonal property a tenant leaves behind after moving out or being evicted, which the landlord may presume abandoned, unless a written agreement says otherwise, and dispose of.
- RedeemTo get collateral back by tendering fulfillment of all obligations it secures, plus the reasonable expenses and attorney's fees the Code describes. A debtor, a secondary obligor, or another secured party or lienholder may do it.