Where can I find (online) legal info on landlord/tenant laws in this county? My roommate and I are in a situation where our landlord has been quietly entering our apartment in the middle of the night and then shouting at the top of his lungs, pounding on the walls, and screaming. He refuses to answer our questions and has claimed that he was there to do an inspection. This has happened 3 times in the past 2 months, each time around 3-4AM in the morning, and it has scared the living daylights out of us, getting woken from a total sleep. We think this is his attempt to get us to move so he can sell the place, and I\'m sure it\'s violating some type of rental code, but we are not sure what to do, or who we can contact. Any help would be appreciated.

C'mon, you're a JMU grad so think a little. Get a big dog. If pets aren't allowed, go to radio shack and spend five or ten bucks on a battery-powered motion sensor alarm and stick it by the front door. Have a camera ready and when it goes off get out there with the camera and get a picture of him in your apartment. Use that and whatever tenants' rights rules you find to encourage him to stop it.

Failing all that, if he comes in again just beat the living shit out of him. You and your roomate can claim there was an intruder in the house and in the darkness and confusion couldn't have known it was your dumbass landlord making a 3am visit.

Your contract will indicate if he has access or not. Showing up in the middle of the night is not right. You may have to give him notice and threaten to call the police. Change the locks! Be prepared not to get back your deposit without a fight.

You don't need a camera. Tell him to stay away and call the cops next time he comes over unannounced. It would have to be one crafty lease if he's allowed to do this. If it were me in your shoes, I would have packed my shit and left the first time he did it.

really, beat the crap out of him. Claim you thought yourplace was being broken into.

Time to move. Check your lease agreement. Ultimately your landlord owns the property, you are just borrowing it.

Maybe by showing up at 3/4am he thinks he's going to see some naked or half dressed women?

I would call the Police the next time it happens and tell them somebody just broke in. Maybe that will wake up the landlord up once his name gets added to a police report. Plus, if you have to go to court you'll have a record of the incident.

Is this the full story or are you leaving out a couple of details?

55-248.18. Access; consent; correction of nonemergency conditions; relocation of tenant.

http://www.phonehome.org/VRLTA.htm

A. The tenant shall not unreasonably withhold consent to the landlord to enter into the dwelling unit in order to inspect the premises, make necessary or agreed repairs, decorations, alterations or improvements, supply necessary or agreed services or exhibit the dwelling unit to prospective or actual purchasers, mortgagees, tenants, workmen or contractors. The landlord may enter the dwelling unit without consent of the tenant in case of emergency. The landlord shall not abuse the right of access or use it to harass the tenant. Except in case of emergency or if it is impractical to do so, the landlord shall give the tenant notice of his intent to enter and may enter only at reasonable times. Unless impractical to do so, the landlord shall give the tenant at least 24-hours' notice of routine maintenance to be performed that has not been requested by the tenant.

You went to college and you cant figure this out?

Kick his ass like 345 says, thought he was a burglar my mistake. Who would have thought landlord coming in at 3 a.m.

Also no law against sitting in your living room when he comes over and cleaning your recently acquired shotgun. Let him know there have been several burglaries in the neighborhood and you want to be prepared.

Yeah, I'd beat him up. Make sure you use a metal bat if you don't use the butt of said shotgun. MEanwhile, your roomate is calling the cops to report a break-in.

sucks to be you

this is one of those areas where you cannot afford to give even an inch. Once you do, you screw yourself legally more and more. Good luck digging out of this hole without the landlord taking you for a ride.

JMUGrad Wrote:
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> Where can I find (online) legal info on
> landlord/tenant laws in this county? My roommate
> and I are in a situation where our landlord has
> been quietly entering our apartment in the middle
> of the night and then shouting at the top of his
> lungs, pounding on the walls, and screaming. He
> refuses to answer our questions and has claimed
> that he was there to do an inspection. This has
> happened 3 times in the past 2 months, each time
> around 3-4AM in the morning, and it has scared the
> living daylights out of us, getting woken from a
> total sleep. We think this is his attempt to get
> us to move so he can sell the place, and I\'m sure
> it\'s violating some type of rental code, but we
> are not sure what to do, or who we can contact.
> Any help would be appreciated.


How hard is it to buy a $4 slide lock for your door? Fuck him. Put the lock on. If he starts banging on the outside of the door at 3am, call the cops on him for disturbing the peace. That will be the last time he does it.

build and arm your "intruder deterrent system"... a spear that impales people that sneak in at night.   xD

i do however agree that you should install a deadbolt or something... or have a airsoft gun ready and loaded.


"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."

Gravis Wrote:
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> build and arm your "intruder deterrent system"...
> a spear that impales people that sneak in at
> night.   xD
>
> i do however agree that you should install a
> deadbolt or something... or have a airsoft gun
> ready and loaded.


You don't even have to put on a deadbolt. Just get one of those stupid slide locks and screw it to the exterior of the door. It will take two minutes to install and you aren't damaging the guy's dumbass door.

Fuck it, he didn't reply back. Just a drive-by poster, no further point in helping out.

Rights? You got no fucking rights.....

I read all the laws 2x

here's the deal: the people with money are ALWAYS RIGHT

if you argue, you'll not only owe back rent but also ANY FEES corrupt county workers decide to attack you with. they will hand it off to a collection agency without even a trial.

gerrymanderer2 (OP) posts several lies on ffu daily - many\.10think he's a fx co gov worker who is getting paid to do it for false DNC democrat "advertising". he floods ffu with useless posts to bump down major news, posts fecal matter, mutilated bodies, child porn, foreign drug ads and sneaker ads, tells people to kill themselves and government should seize them and put them on psych pills in prison - decided by democrat gov of course, promotes kangaroo courthouse trials, gives anti-religious rants, gives satanic ritual rants, posts black males with large dicks on white young females, portends white low birth rate and fall of USA, food tampering/poisoning, and anything possible to DEMORALIZE white people on ffu. (perhaps a chinese prisoner or isis member - but definitely knowledgeable of fx co gov from the inside at times). the website operator has told him "not to post or return" which are still posted - not removed, by the sysop: not because of a political leaning but for continual illegal and gross spam along with messages that are only to demoralize if not kill others. he/she plays at financial terrorism as well: continuall reporting false financial data, and fake emergency please from (fake members of the community he makes up)

GERRYMANDERER CONTINUALLY ASKS BOGUS QUESTIONS WASTING OTHER PEOPLE'S ATTENTION

HE ADS ANIMOCITY AND SUICIDE TO EVERY HINT OF HIS WORDS, TAUNTING OTHERS

HE NASWERS HIS OWN POSTS UNDER ALTERNATE NAMES, ADDING EVEN MORE POISON TO THE POSTS

anyone else on ffu is either entertaining or seriously asking a question - but not attempting a communist propaganda of getting whites to commit suicide

i assume i can say WE (as in most posters) are sick of gerrymanderer2

"the government is a tenant of public opinion" - it's too bad so many people are freaking stupid !

if FFU required white-out, BIC would be making a ton of money

Get a paintball gun and paintballs that have un-removable ink in bright phosphorescent colors. While one roommate calls the police next time you hear him coming in, the other roommate takes aim when he comes into the apartment and splatters the hell out of him. Then when the police come he can be easily identified.

However, things to think about--are you females? He might be a sex offender cruising for victims, especially at that time of morning.

He may want to double the rent and with the rich west coasters taking over around Nova area as amazon moves in soon, they are doing that all over the counties near DC. No matter where you go there is probably going to be a big problem with greedy landlords now. Get on Craig's list and see if you can find something better in your price range, and VET THE LANDLORD before you accept the new accommodations.

> he may want to double the rent and with the rich west coasters

California is more in debt per capita than ANY OTHER STATE

if they come fucking here flaunting money i'm going to kick their fucking ass

4tfk7 Wrote:
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> Get a paintball gun and paintballs that have
> un-removable ink in bright phosphorescent colors.
> While one roommate calls the police next time you
> hear him coming in, the other roommate takes aim
> when he comes into the apartment and splatters the
> hell out of him. Then when the police come he can
> be easily identified.
>
> However, things to think about--are you females?
> He might be a sex offender cruising for victims,
> especially at that time of morning.
>
> He may want to double the rent and with the rich
> west coasters taking over around Nova area as
> amazon moves in soon, they are doing that all over
> the counties near DC. No matter where you go there
> is probably going to be a big problem with greedy
> landlords now. Get on Craig's list and see if you
> can find something better in your price range, and
> VET THE LANDLORD before you accept the new
> accommodations.

GTFO psychopath. obviously OP - on drugs or something.

I read all the laws 2x

here's the deal: the people with money are ALWAYS RIGHT

if you argue, you'll not only owe back rent but also ANY FEES corrupt county workers decide to attack you with. they will hand it off to a collection agency without even a trial.

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OP is a psychopath

OP is a psychopath

and people contributing to government corruption in fairfax are only safe from the law if the people chasing them are slow

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Tenant rights in Fairfax are based on Virginia law.

https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/overview-landlord-tenant-laws-virginia.html

Generally speaking, they are pretty middle-of-the-road as far as what they provide tenants.

https://www.rentcafe.com/blog/renting/states-best-worst-laws-renters/

The clogged court system in Fairfax County informally benefits the tenants; a squatter can easily ride out the court process for a good four to eight weeks without even trying, once they decide to stop paying rent. There's the 5-day pay or quit notice, followed by scheduling a court date, followed by another 2 to 3 weeks while a writ is issued (presuming a judgement of immediate possession), followed by a couple weeks before the sheriff's department can actually take possession of the property for the landlord.

Timeline aside though, the county is pretty landlord friendly, as mortgages are expensive here and a squatter can drive a landlord into serious financial hardship.

That said, a review of the cases in Fairfax County show that in general, judgments for lost rent are rarely collected. While they are forced to leave, deadbeat tenants really ever pay back rent. So in that since, the system works very much in their favor.

tenant rights in Fairfax Wrote:
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> Tenant rights in Fairfax are based on Virginia
> law.
>
> https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/overview-l
> andlord-tenant-laws-virginia.html
>
> Generally speaking, they are pretty
> middle-of-the-road as far as what they provide
> tenants.
>
> https://www.rentcafe.com/blog/renting/states-best-
> worst-laws-renters/
>
> The clogged court system in Fairfax County
> informally benefits the tenants; a squatter can
> easily ride out the court process for a good four
> to eight weeks without even trying, once they
> decide to stop paying rent. There's the 5-day pay
> or quit notice, followed by scheduling a court
> date, followed by another 2 to 3 weeks while a
> writ is issued (presuming a judgement of immediate
> possession), followed by a couple weeks before the
> sheriff's department can actually take possession
> of the property for the landlord.
>
> Timeline aside though, the county is pretty
> landlord friendly, as mortgages are expensive here
> and a squatter can drive a landlord into serious
> financial hardship.
>
> That said, a review of the cases in Fairfax County
> show that in general, judgments for lost rent are
> rarely collected. While they are forced to leave,
> deadbeat tenants really ever pay back rent. So in
> that since, the system works very much in their
> favor.

Yup. $3 and a thousand Unlawful Detainer judgments won't but you a latte at Starbucks.

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