Verbally Abusive RV Tenant Question: A month-to-month resident in our RV Park is causing numerous problems for other RV residents. In one case he was verbally abusive to several children – a restraining order was issued and subsequently violated. What options do we have as the landlord to evict this tenant? Answer: Depending on the specific facts, you might be able to issue a 24-hour eviction notice IF any of the tenant’s actions were “outrageous in the extreme.” By statu

If you are a residential landlord, you cannot take or keep a tenant’s belongings until the rental agreement has ended. If you wrongfully take a tenant’s personal belongings while the tenant is still renting from you, you may be liable for damages and your actions may relieve the tenant of liability for unpaid rent and other claims. After a rental agreement has ended, however, you have the right to dispose of a tenant’s abandoned personal belongings, but only after following v

Question I own a decent-sized RV park with quite a few long-term tenants living there, but also a few seasonal guests and overnighters. I have one man in particular who is constantly abrasive towards other residents (for example, walking through the park and telling people that they need to fix their awnings, stack their firewood in a certain way, etc.). He has no qualms about interjecting himself in other people’s conversations even when his input is clearly unwanted. I hav

Predictably, one of the most common questions my clients ask is “ how do I collect money that my tenant owes? ” If the rent is past due for the current month, the answer is a 10-day rent nonpayment notice. Assuming the notice is properly prepared and served, the tenant has until the deadline in the notice to pay the rent in full. If the tenant doesn’t pay, you can file an eviction case in court. But even after you file an eviction, there is no guarantee that you’ll get paid.

While similar in some aspects to regular tenancies, there are a number of important differences in RV law. Every landlord who rents an RV...

In 2003, Mr. Busch successfully argued a case in the Oregon Court of Appeals that helped expand the way eviction notices could be served to tenants, setting new legal precedent. The case remains the law today. In that case, the tenants in an extended stay hotel were actively avoiding the landlord whenever the hotel's employees tried to serve them with an eviction notice. On the first occasion, the front office manager attempted to hand-deliver a notice to one of the tenants

In a case from rural southern Oregon, Mr. Busch succeeded in evicting two manufactured home park residents who were growing 26 marijuana...

Question How does the eviction process work when evicting an RV tenant? Is it different than evicting a manufactured home community...

Filing the Initial “FED” The term "FED" stands for Forcible Entry and Detainer. This is the legal term for an eviction lawsuit filed in...

Every landlord should have a good set of forms to use for issuing notices to tenants. The best place to get them is usually a landlord trade association. A few of the more prominent associations include the Manufactured Housing Communities of Oregon (MHCO), Multi-Family NW, and the Oregon Rental Housing Association. The legal publishing company of Stevens-Ness also provides a good selection of some basic landlord forms. However, a form is only as good as it is filled out. If