lease utah dog
I recently had friends stay with me for the weekend with their dogs and the property manager threatened to evict me
<p>I own my home. But I rent the land via a mobile home community.
Our lease with the Lot states we can have dogs. We have 2 approved dogs. While we're renovating our home our contractor friend stayed the weekend to help us with our bathroom. He has 2 dogs. 
When the property manager found out she threatened to evict me within 24 hours... her reason is that I only have 2 approved dogs on my lease and even if they're not my dogs when I have company over they became my dogs and I exceeded the limit that I'm allowed. Her words exactly.</p>

<p>This doesnt seem legal. Per my conversation with her when we moved in my wife asked if dog sitting is permitted because our kids have dogs and we often watched them when they go on vacation and she said it was fine. But if we were to own any more dogs they would have to approved first.</p>

<p>What can I do? Because I feel like shes overracting.</p>

<p>Utah law regarding mobile home park tenancies is <a href="https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title57/Chapter16/C57-16_1800010118000101.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>. 57-16-4(1) says that</p>
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<p>A mobile home park or its agents may not terminate a lease or rental
agreement upon any ground other than as specified in this chapter.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>57-16-4.1 spells out the &quot;meeting&quot; requirements regarding dispute-resolution, that is, a landlord can't just boot you out.</p>
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<p>If a mobile home park determines that a resident has failed to comply
with a mobile home park rule, the mobile home park may not terminate
the lease agreement or commence legal proceedings without first giving
a written notice of noncompliance to the resident.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>followed by a bunch of procedural stuff regarding written notice, dispute-resolution meeting. 57-16-5 enumerates the legal causes for termination, such as failure to repair the external structure for 60 days, sustained violation for 7 days of rules after written notice, bad behavior in the form of committing a crime against another park resident, illegal drugs, or distribution of alcohol to minors, non-payment and a few other things, none of which includes &quot;having a guest with a dog&quot;.</p>
<p>There must actually be a rule against guests having dogs, for there to be a violation of said rule, and then the landlord has to give notice to cure which is ignored for 7 days, for there to be a legal basis for eviction. And then, as with ordinary tenancies, you have to take the matter to the courts to bring about the eviction.</p>
<p>So yes, such an attempted eviction would not be legal.</p>

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  <p>Per my conversation with her when we moved in my wife asked if dog
  sitting is permitted because our kids have dogs and we often watched
  them when they go on vacation and she said it was fine. But if we were
  to own any more dogs they would have to approved first.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Verbal contracts are binding; it's best to have written contracts in order to solve disputes using the evidence of the written contract, but verbal contracts are contracts. You can try explaining that to the property manager.</p>

<p>Read your written lease and see if the stipulation allowing dog sitting is included. And also see if the lease states what is required for a 24 hr. eviction. The possibility of a 24 hr. eviction will vary, depending on local and state laws.</p>

<p>If needed - if the dispute continues or if you are served an eviction notice - Google for free or low cost renters legal aid groups in your area.</p>
