Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Ohio

You might want to speak with your landlord about the situation of this unauthorized occupant in your home. You can ask the landlord to file an eviction action against him and tell the landlord that you will testify at the hearing.

If the landlord won't help, you can bring a lawsuit against your roommate for breach of contract (inviting this unauthorized person into your living space).

Lastly, you might try filing an eviction action against the roommate yourself. Ohio Revised Code Section 5321.01 also defines a "landlord" as a person subletting an apartment to another. Even though this boyfriend is not paying rent, you could argue that he can only stay there with your permission, and that when he first moved in, this established a month to month tenancy (also known as a "periodic tenancy"), and that while he moved in with your permission, you have now revoked it. The rules for terminating a periodic tenancy can be found at http://www.ohiolandlordtenant.com/faq20.html.

Once that time period has elapsed without him moving out, then you can bring an eviction action against him. For a description of this process, you can go to http://www.ohiolandlordtenant.com/3dayvideo.html.

Lastly, though your situation is slightly different than the situation described here: http://www.ohiolandlordtenant.com/evict_boyfriend.html, this still answers your question overall about how to proceed.