Also, what statute of limitations are you referring to? Generally, a claim for adverse possession takes 20 years, if not more, and requires that the possession be adverse to the will of the owner. What other claims would the running of an SOL effect in this case?
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Landlord emergency!
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Also, what statute of limitations are you referring to? Generally, a claim for adverse possession takes 20 years, if not more, and requires that the possession be adverse to the will of the owner. What other claims would the running of an SOL effect in this case?
Outcast
ATPSS
It actually depends on the state, and/or property involved, from my basic understanding of situations like this.
Dreamsnake
New member
My sister got herself a cat when one of her coworkers dropped it off for a weekend and never picked it up again. By the time the coworker asked for the cat back my sister refused and it was her right since by then the cat was abandoned property. Animals are considered property and if you look up the SOL for your state you will know how long your pets can stay in another's possession before that person may by law lay claim to them. Since you are being smart and writing a contract already then you are one step ahead. But it still is wise to know the law of the state in case someone ever tries to rip you off in the future.
Tzuki
Registered User
That may be right, but damage can a couple of corns do?
(aside for the risk of escaping... and terrifying the other tenants). IMO, she'll renew the lease with a "no pets" allowed anyway, so what are you gonna do then?
try offering some extra cash a month, if you can. That's for her "discomfort" fee...
Draekaar
Enthusiast
yep that's exactly how it is in ontario... unless you're in a shared house type thing where you interact with other people living there. like a rented basement/student housing/etc. if you're in a separate unit type apartment/townhouse they cannot legally say no pets, but they can strongly suggest that you don't have any.
For me, I asked before signing a lease if there were any restrictions on pets (half the units in my complex have dogs or cats), and more specifically asked if they cared about snakes at all... they said it's fine, we can have any pet we want but it's not suggested to have a larger dog cause of the size of the units.
one day when she's bigger i'll have to take her out to meet the ex-superintendants (they retired a few months after we moved in)... if i'm still living here lol.Update:
My landlord is refusing to be reasonable, and is resorting to being crass and brusque. I have informed her that I am retaining legal counsel and will not speak with her again about this issue until I have spoken with my attorney. I also re-read through all of the documentation and it says nothing about what types of pets we may have, only that we may have pets. We have a strong argument. This should be fun.
My landlord is refusing to be reasonable, and is resorting to being crass and brusque. I have informed her that I am retaining legal counsel and will not speak with her again about this issue until I have spoken with my attorney. I also re-read through all of the documentation and it says nothing about what types of pets we may have, only that we may have pets. We have a strong argument. This should be fun.
Sorry to hear you're having to go through all of this. I really hope you can fight it, as she has no right to evict you for having pets if the lease clearly states you are allowed to have pets. As the snakes are pets they should be covered. She needs to put her big girl pants on and stick to her lease, then change it in the future when the current one expires.
I remember when I was younger the duplex we'd lived in for about ten years changed owners. We weren't on a lease I don't believe, but the new owner didn't want to allow pets anymore, so we started looking for some place else to live. That was my childhood house, had a lot of memories there, but to chose between my dogs and cats or memories... I'm glad Mom chose to move. We found another duplex only a couple miles away they allowed us one dog and one cat. We had two dogs at the time, but my sister (she's 13 years older than me) said she'd take care of our bigger dog until we could find a new home for her. Unfortunately due to my sister's neglect (and one of the reasons I hate her guts), our dog died of heat stroke. She was such a good dog, she didn't deserve that fate.
In a more recent event, I was trying to get out of a bad relationship and I sent my horse to stay with the woman I'd bought him from. I told her I didn't have a job (my ex and I worked at the same place, it's how we met, and I quit because I couldn't be around him anymore) but I'd pay her what I could, when I could. She told me it was no problem, she'd just put him out in the field with her other horses. Well over the course of several months I kept in touch, things were going pretty badly for me, I had moved back in with my Mom, but couldn't have my horse as the house was in the city limits, no livestock. One day she gave me a call, asking me for his paperwork so she could sell him, there was a woman from out of state that wanted to buy him. She claimed I owed her over $1000 for boarding fees for the last three months, claimed she was keeping him in the barn, wonder how she managed that, her barn was full of junk, there was no room for any horses, they were all out in the fields. I never did get my horse back and since we had no written agreement I was pretty much screwed.
So, I wouldn't recommend trusting your pets to someone else to take care of over a period of time. They might be nice and sweet, tell you everything will be fine and then one day you'll get a call saying you owe them money or that your pet is dead or something else that's horrible. I feel much better when my pets are safe with me.
I hope things work out for you no matter what decisions you make. And sorry about the sob stories, I felt they were relevant to your plight. Good luck.
I remember when I was younger the duplex we'd lived in for about ten years changed owners. We weren't on a lease I don't believe, but the new owner didn't want to allow pets anymore, so we started looking for some place else to live. That was my childhood house, had a lot of memories there, but to chose between my dogs and cats or memories... I'm glad Mom chose to move. We found another duplex only a couple miles away they allowed us one dog and one cat. We had two dogs at the time, but my sister (she's 13 years older than me) said she'd take care of our bigger dog until we could find a new home for her. Unfortunately due to my sister's neglect (and one of the reasons I hate her guts), our dog died of heat stroke. She was such a good dog, she didn't deserve that fate.
In a more recent event, I was trying to get out of a bad relationship and I sent my horse to stay with the woman I'd bought him from. I told her I didn't have a job (my ex and I worked at the same place, it's how we met, and I quit because I couldn't be around him anymore) but I'd pay her what I could, when I could. She told me it was no problem, she'd just put him out in the field with her other horses. Well over the course of several months I kept in touch, things were going pretty badly for me, I had moved back in with my Mom, but couldn't have my horse as the house was in the city limits, no livestock. One day she gave me a call, asking me for his paperwork so she could sell him, there was a woman from out of state that wanted to buy him. She claimed I owed her over $1000 for boarding fees for the last three months, claimed she was keeping him in the barn, wonder how she managed that, her barn was full of junk, there was no room for any horses, they were all out in the fields. I never did get my horse back and since we had no written agreement I was pretty much screwed.
So, I wouldn't recommend trusting your pets to someone else to take care of over a period of time. They might be nice and sweet, tell you everything will be fine and then one day you'll get a call saying you owe them money or that your pet is dead or something else that's horrible. I feel much better when my pets are safe with me.
I hope things work out for you no matter what decisions you make. And sorry about the sob stories, I felt they were relevant to your plight. Good luck.
Thanks for the advice Em. I got the guy who's taking care of my snakes to agree to a contract that lays out all the details.
Also, I spoke with a lawyer on Friday and we're starting to work on how to fix all of this. Right now my hope is that either the landlord will just shrug and let us stay as is for a while, or because she's breaking the lease she'll pay our moving expenses for us to move in to a new place. I'll keep everyone updated as things move on.
Also, I spoke with a lawyer on Friday and we're starting to work on how to fix all of this. Right now my hope is that either the landlord will just shrug and let us stay as is for a while, or because she's breaking the lease she'll pay our moving expenses for us to move in to a new place. I'll keep everyone updated as things move on.
Allalaskan
The Crazy Alaskan
IF you can I would look for another apartment and go after your current Landlord for the moving expenses and also for the grief this has caused you and for the lawyer fees because SHE broke contract. I dont know if you will win and get all of it but I would sure push for it if it was me. I have dealt with a bad landlord and know what a pain it can be.
Which leads me to mention another thing, if you mail ANY paper work to your landlord about this make sure she has to sign something when they deliver it to make sure you know she got it.We didnt do this once and we were screwed out of our deposit because she denied that we mailed her any thing, AND we also called her 10 times and she NEVER answered her phone. So make sure you cover your butt every where you can.
