Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Georgia

lease/eviction

my daughter is in college and signed a lease for the year. in the lease it states that no dog will be kept in or on the premises. My daughter has been keeping her dog with a friend as the lease required a 300.00 payment. the friends lease does not require any payment. the dog does come over to my daughter house to visit only and does not stay there. The landlord is now wanting her to pay a 300.00 fee for the dog, 500.00 fee for breaking the contract and 10.00/day for every time the dog was there. I indicated to the landlord that the dog was not being kept there and only came to vist and that I actually brought the dog home for the majority of the semester. he is requiring me to pay all of these fees within 10 business days or he will start eviction proceedings. The lease does indicate that this money would be due if the dog was actually being kept on the premises. He has actually never seen the dog or my daughter or her roomates. Is there any recourse or action I can take.


Asked on 1/04/07, 5:32 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Glenn M. Lyon, Esq. MacGREGOR LYON, LLC, Business Attorneys

Re: lease/eviction

The terms of the lease will determine your rights and duties. If the lease states that there should be no dog on the premises, then having your dog come to the apartment is probably a violation of the lease. Of course, the same applies to the landlord � he can only enforce what is in the lease.

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Answered on 1/05/07, 8:47 am


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