drsolo wrote:
westernrvparkowner wrote:
There are actually many laws that require landlords put up with deadbeats.
The fact is if there is a long time tenant, you will be violating a number of laws if you just tow the rig away, even if they are behind on the rent. The guy who said "he is going to get it out or we will" actually didn't know the legal aspects of his business.
Perhaps you have an online citation you would care to share regarding Montana's laws regarding campgrounds? It is otherwise hard to imagine that campground tenancy would be stricter than the laws governing landlords and rental housing.
"He" is in Florida, I dont know that the tenant was behind on rent or not, I dont know what he knows about the law or not, but I believed he would motivate the guy to move his trailer sooner rather than later and he did.
In Montana, if a person rents an RV site for a consecutive period longer than 6 months they automatically become "tenants" and the person renting the site becomes their "landlord". When that happens, many things change. To evict them I would have to send them a "notice of right to cure", outlining their violations and giving them a minimum of 20 days to fix that violation. Then I would have to file with the court for an eviction that typically takes 30 days. Also, the reasons I could evict them for is greatly restricted. As an "innkeeper" I can have and enforce just about any rule I want. Things like quiet hours, 6' leash rules, clean up after your pet, no campfires etc. And I can enforce those rules without any restrictions. As a "landlord" not only can I not enforce many of those rules, but I have to give the "Tennant" notice of any violation and allow them "cure" that violation moving forward instead of being able to just send them on their merry way. Big differences! And if you want to do the research on the specific laws, the entire Montana Code Annotated is searchable on line for a fee.
