Montana Residential Lease

If you find out that your tenant lied to you after the lease has been signed, it can be grounds for an eviction. The best way to determine whether or not your applicant is lying to you is to cross check the rental application with their background report.

If a tenant fails to pay rent, breaks a rule, or significantly damages the property, then it is considered breach of contract and you have grounds for eviction. If there are people living in the unit that are not on the lease, then that is also breach of contract and you have grounds to evict them.

Paying the rent - One way or another, if you walk away from your lease and no one else rents the apartment then you will owe the landlord this money.Your landlord will typically collect this rent at the expiration of your lease.

In landlord-tenant law, default refers to the failure of a tenant to timely pay rent due.In general, the landlord is required to give the tenant notice of the default before bringing eviction proceedings or applying security deposit proceeds to the payment in default.

Your landlord discriminates against you. Your landlord takes your security deposit illegally. Your rental unit is inhabitable. The property owner interferes with your right to quiet enjoyment. Your landlord fails to make the necessary repairs.

If you think your landlord is violating the Fair Housing Act, you can get that landlord in trouble by filing a complaint at HUD.gov. Your remedy for breach of quiet enjoyment is to terminate the lease and move or sue in small claims court.

Injury at Rental Property: You could have a case for a lawsuit against your landlord if you are injured at the rental property due to a landlord's neglect. Filing an Illegal Eviction: You can countersue your landlord if you feel your landlord is trying to evict you illegally.

While some jurisdictions may have provisions that allow consumers to change their minds with no consequences, generally there is no cooling-off period for leasing real property. Once the landlord and tenant sign a lease and a copy is delivered to the both parties, it becomes a valid contract.