Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Georgia

I travel for work, and rent two rooms in my house. One tenant is great. The other is haphazard with her rent (currently two weeks late), and has a string of boyfriends in her room. Every single night, there are two people in her room. There is no formal lease. She apparently has mental problems, and has been suicidal. Her room has lots of prescription bottles. I'm concerned something might happen, and that I might be held liable. Can I surveil her room? Can I enter it without her knowledge (among other things, to collect the mountain of dishes)? Do I need to give any notice before kicking her out? Basically, I'm tired of the parade through my home, and don't want to get sued when one of her boys falls down my stairs or she overdoses.


Asked on 12/14/13, 6:47 pm

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

Unless the lease authorizes you to do so, you may only enter her room in an emergency. In order to evict her, you must first give her written notice of your intent to evict her and why. Then, if she does not move out by whatever date you specify, you must file a dispossessory action in the local magistrate court.

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Answered on 12/16/13, 4:54 am


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