Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Ohio

I own a commercial property and had a lease agreement with a tenant for 600.00 a month- she has not paid anything on the lease for over six months and recently removed all of her belongings and still has made no effort to pay me any back rent! I have someone else interested in leasing the property from me at this time- can I do that since she broke her lease- obviously I will need to hire a lawyer to file suit against her to recoup my monetary loss but in the interim do I have to file a eviction notice or anything since she has already vacated the property?


Asked on 4/09/14, 7:58 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
John Sauter Cloppert, Latanick, Sauter & Washburn

Always check your lease. Many commercial leases allow a landlord to resort to self-help procedures, change locks, remove tenant's belongings, etc., upon a tenant's breach of the lease agreement and thus filing a forcible entry and detainer action is not necessary.

This general advice should not be construed as legal advice and no attorney-client relationship was formed as the result of my answer.

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Answered on 4/11/14, 6:52 am


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