Dealing with smoking tenants. My rights

[perry]

If they signed and amendment to the lease, then they can be evicted if they violate that amendment after it is signed. No, you cannot evict them for smoking before they signed, but for smoking afterwards you can. If they stopped smoking after the signed the amendment, then you are on shaky ground at best, or you've opened yourself up to a lawsuit at worse.

Call the sheriff on day 31 if they are not out.

Checkout the landlord-tenant handbook for your state. Just search on Yahoo for &quot;<state> landlord tenant handbook&quot; and you should find what you need.

 

[kaiotes]

and they just moved in.
the very first time they started smoking was wk, and we IMMEDITAELY made the amendment, we will be handing eviction papers after we get aug's check, giving 'em 30 days notice