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2. Eviction in the United States - Wikipedia

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   While eviction laws vary by region, most state and local legislation mirrors the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (URLTA) or the Model Residential Landlord-Tenant Code. [2] Eviction procedures are also regulated by common law—law based on legal precedents, rather than formal statutes. [2]

3. Retaliatory eviction - Wikipedia

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   In American landlord–tenant law, a retaliatory eviction is a substantive defense and affirmative cause of action that can be used by a tenant against a landlord.If a tenant reports sanitary violations or violations of minimum housing standards, the landlord cannot evict the tenant in retaliation for reporting the poor housing conditions.

4. American rule (property) - Wikipedia

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   In property law, the American rule of possession states that a landlord is obligated only to deliver legal possession, but not actual possession, of a leased premises to a tenant. Thus, if a tenant arrives at a leased premises only to discover that it is still inhabited by a previous tenant who is holding over, or by squatters, it is the tenant ...

5. Tenant Won't Pay Rent? Ways for Landlords to Deal With ... - AOL

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   According to New York law, landlords require court intervention in order to evict a tenant who refuses to pay rent. That means New York landlords may have to hire a lawyer and go through a lengthy ...

6. Cure or quit - Wikipedia

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   In landlord–tenant law, a notice to cure or quit is issued by a landlord when a tenant performs actions in violation of a lease. The notice gives a tenant the option of either fixing the offending problem or vacating the rental property. If the tenant continues performing the action(s) and does not move out, they can be evicted. [1]

7. Tenant right to counsel - Wikipedia

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   Evictions and landlord-tenant cases are civil cases. The theoretical expansion of right to counsel to civil cases was at one time known as "Civil Gideon," after Gideon v. Wainwright , which established the right to an appointed lawyer in criminal cases for defendants who cannot afford one, [ 12 ] but advocates have moved away from that term in ...