Am I still responsible for a lease/apartment after the lease as expired?
955660
You are not responsible. If the term of your lease is one year - then that's it. One year. \n\nThings to consider:\n\nIf your name is not on the lease - you have NO obligations.\n\nIf you provided a deposit for the space - and feel that you are leaving the space in as good, or better condition than you found it - you are entitled to ALL of the deposit, plus interest, returned to you. If you feel that this landlord intends to withhold the deposit - you may need to contact the Los Angeles Board of Housing - and file a complaint, or take the landlord to small claims court. \n\nIn general, California has some of the strongest tenant rights in the United States - you should not feel harassed or harangued into paying ANYTHING more than you are obliged to pay. If you are being threatened, you may have an additional civil matter to present to a court. \n\nGood Luck.
459385
I am NOT an attorney.  Midnight the last day the rent was paid to, unless other arrangements are made with management.  Evicted?  You may have no time. True in most states anyway.
851798
Sounds shady to me.  Definately take them to court.  I hope you have proof, though.  like a receipt from the post office, a bank statement showing your cancelled rent check, or something.  If you can prove that you sent it on time, and the post office lost it, i don't know if you are responsible or not.  Let a judge decide.  Then move if you aren't in a lease.
459654
sorry, you take off and you signed a lease?  you owe.  unless something else is worked out, you or your cosigner may get away from paying for awhile, but if you are taken to court, you will lose.  you sign it, you own it.
510870
They can keep all of it simply by stating that there were repairs to the apartment that needed to be complete b4 renting. They usually wont give a list of damages that were repaired. Take pics of all rooms when moving in and b4 moving out. It works to your advantage.Good Luck.
167391
You are OK. A lease is an agreement and cannot be broken. You signed a contract and so did the owner.
290530
Normally, when your lease isn't officially renewed, you are often automatically put on a month to month lease.  It seems you've gotten really lucky, as month-to-month rent is usually a lot more expensive than a long term lease.  If they haven't said anything about owing them extra money, then it must be the same.\n\nAnyways, if you look at your original lease, there will probably be something written that indicates the whole month-to-month issue.  While it can vary between management companies, the standard rule is that you just need to give them 30 days notice when on a month-to-month lease.  As long as you do that, you probably shouldn't owe them any money except for a partial months rent.\n\nI'm not a lawyer or anything, this is just my experience.  We're going through the same thing right now.
487550
The first thing you should do to cover your ass, is request a copy of the lease agreement and any lease renewals that you have have signed. The landlord is required to be able to provide at least their copies which were supposed to have been certified These contracts will give detailed instuctions as to how many days prior written notice is required upon your moving and terminating your residence. Usually at least 30-45 days "written" notice is required so be sure to hand deliver or send by certified mail to your landlord(once again to C.Y.A.).\nAlso, on your initial lease agreement there should be something noted with regard to condition of the apartment before you moved in. Usually if you'll just make sure that all debris is cleared for the unit, vacuum, clean bathrooms pretty well, repair any substantial nail holes especially if there are more than 4 per any wall. Bleach kintchen sinks and counters and clean all cooking areas removing as much baked on crud as possible.\nAnd one final C.Y.A. move is to set a specific time and day to do a final walk through with your landlord far enough before your official move-out date so that anything she indicates to be sub-par and subject to charging you for, can be taken care of before your final walk through which should be scheduled at the time of the pre-move walk through.\nHpoe this helps!!! Good luck!
1165527
If your signed original lease says that you could give notice and cancel the lease before the expiration date, and if you complied with that provision, it will be okay. If the original lease does not mention canceling the lease, I don't think you can.
503620
No, there are laws concerning the rights of personal belongings. You need give her written notice of intent to move, store,sell, or destroy the Items. You can charge a storage fee, payable if the items are not removed in a reasonable amount of time, say 30 days, but again proper notice needs to be given. If your renting, read the fine print on the lease regarding personal Items left after moving, or ask your landlord what they would do. If your unable to notify your ex-roommate with in 90 days, You can post a small add in the local news paper under lost Items found. then if they don't respond in two weeks you can do what ever you like with the items, and still hold your ex responsible for storage and removal charges for up to seven years as long as you post the same ad in the paper each year to show interest in the charges in case you take  the ex to court. All ads, court fees, storage and removal fees, are your ex's responsibility to pay if you do it right. In the future , all roommates should enter into a mutual agreement in writing regarding such things. It's important to consider all "what if's" in these types of agreements. Good luck.
413826
I'm assuming that there is a lease involved here...\n\nTypically, in the leases that I've seen OWNERS and their agents have right to enter the property with reasonable notice (typically min 24 hours).\n\nRead the lease, typically this will be under the NOTICE paragraph or ENTRY paragraph or INSPECTION.\n\nIt is not uncommon for an owner to inspect an apartment/unit when a tenant gives notice and again at the lease termination.\n\nSounds to me like you are dealing with an a**.\n\nGood luck, hope this helps.
688123
The information you need should be in the lease itself. There should be an early termination section. You will most likely have to pay a fee.\n\nI ended my lease early on my apartment last year and had to pay two months' rent. ($1600--ouch!) The contract said I should have to pay three months' rent, but I was able to persuade the landlord to reduce the payment as I was leaving to work at a summer camp for kids in-crisis. If you have a good reason for breaking lease, write a letter requesting they reduce the penalty. The worst they can do is say no.\n\nGood luck with it!
223639
In NJ if you break your lease the law requires the landlord to make a good faith effort to re-rent the apartment as soon as possible.  However you are responsible for the rent until the landlord finds a new tenant or the end of the lease term, whichever is earlier.  \n\nThis is the law in NJ.  The reality is that if you speak to your landlord and explain the situation, the landlord MAY let you out of the lease in return for some payment, such as one month's rent or forfeiting your security deposit.  But you have to speak to the landlord and let them know what's going on.  Hopefully you have a reasonable landlord.  Good luck!
323625
With regard to the form that you signed:\n\n1)  Was it also signed by the landlord?\n2)  Did it state what the rent would be?\n\nIf it did not contain both of those things then I think you would have an excellent argument in court that it was not legally binding.  This is supported by the fact that the landlord asked you to come in and sign a renewal lease.  If the first form had been a legally binding renewal then you would not need to sign a new lease.\n\nIf I were in your position I would call the landlord on this bluff.  Check your previous lease to see how much notice you have to give the landlord if you don't want to renew the lease.  It may be as little as 30 days or as much as 90 days.  Compare it with your moving plans.  If you haven't signed a renewal lease then by law you become a month-to-month tenant when your old lease expires, at the same terms and conditions.  So if you're moving in 3 months and the old lease requires 90 days notice, give your notice now.\n\nAlso check out http://realestate.findlaw.com/tenant.  You can read about your rights as a tenant.  Then click on the Resources link to get the specific laws for your state.\n\n4/11/06  I just wanted to add a couple of things.  The paper did not have to say it was a contract in order to be a contract.  But I still don't think that you signed a binding agreement.  In order for something to be considered a binding contract concerning land, it must have the names of the parties, the length of the term, the rental amount and the signatures of both parties.  Did the paper that you signed list what the monthly rent would be?  If not, and if you went to the rental office to sign a renewal lease and found out the rent had been increased by $300 per month, you would have had the right to refuse to sign the agreement and you would not have been held responsible.  So it is very important that you describe exactly what was on the form that you signed.
1141707
yes.  even though its an implied lease, its still a contract, and the only way you can break a contract is through mutual consent.  the rules vary state by state, you might or might not get charged penalty fees or get your security deposit witheld for giving 30 days notice, in some states it is enough, in some states, its 2 months.  in some states, 15 days is enough.  so it really does vary.  i'd try and be nice to your landlord first, and ask if she could let you off the hook before you ask for the 30 days.  if you've been a good tenant long enough, she/he might be nice in exchange.  landlords are people too, you know.
933798
You can't; you're stuck. Your signature on the lease is an agreement to pay the rent along with the other people who signed, regardless of what your agreement was with the other three. The best you could do is to sue them for the money that you have to pay. Even then, it's not likely that you'll get it all back; you will most likely only get them to pay 75% and you get stuck with 25%. Your agreement that you will not be financially responsible for the apartment is not likely to be upheld in court as this was an agreement to defraud your landlord and courts never uphold illegal or fraudulent contracts.\nChalk this up as an expensive lesson and be careful what you sign in the future.
607247
address the people/company you are renting from. i am sure they could work something suitable out for you with your being able to move. they are reasonable people or should be. things happen beyond our control sometimes and i know they know that too. next time you get room mates have them added onto the lease with your leaser. that way you are not totally responsible for everything.