Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Maryland
Rent agreement
If I lived with someone and paid them and they threw me out, Is there a law requiring them to give me money back?
Asked on 2/04/09, 6:42 am
1 Answer from Attorneys
Robert Sher
Wagshal and Sher
Re: Rent agreement
It sounds like you weren't treating the relationship as a traditional landlord/tenant, and there was no lease. If you had an oral agreement to pay rent on a monthly basis, and you were evicted before the month for which you paid was over for no good reason, your "landlord" ought to refund the unused portion, but you wouldn't be entitled to all of your money back.
Answered on 2/04/09, 9:43 am