Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Virginia

I rent a mobile home from Sharon Properties in Fort Pickett, Va. Her boyfriend whom I had never met decided to have us served a Unlawful detainer/3 day pay or quit notice. He was never known to be our landlord and all this was based on us (my daughter and two minor grandchildren) on their failure to take care an electrical issue which caused our electricity bill to become unreasonably high. My lights were turned off the majority of this month and the landlord has failed to make this a safe living environment, is this lawful?

Asked on 10/22/17, 10:15 pm

Michael Hendrickson Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson

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No, probably not (lawful) as long as this this failure to fix this electrical problem is a material violation

of your lease and the responsibility of this "landlord" to take care of. (If such is the case you may wish to

consider going to your local general district court (civil division) and request to assert an escrow

account with the court into which you would be authorized to pay your rent until this problem is fixed.)

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Answered on 10/23/17, 7:43 am

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