eviction,no lease.ohio

[lgimpypoet]

my landlord has evicted me.she gave me three days notice.we have no lease.she would only take cash for rent.she never gave receipts.is the eviction legal?we rent from month to month.

 

[HomeGuru]

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my landlord has evicted me.she gave me three days notice.we have no lease.she would only take cash for rent.she never gave receipts.is the eviction legal?we rent from month to month.
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What is the reason for the eviction? Depending on the reasons for eviction and applicable State L/T law, the 3 days notice may be insufficient. It is not against the law for her to accept cash but she must give a cash receipt. Without the receipts you have no evidence that you paid your rental payments.

 

[Tracey]

L must give T notice of intent to terminate the lease at least 30 days before T's next rent payment is due (30 days before 8/1), UNLESS L has actual knowledge or reasonable belief that T or T's guest has violated a controlled substance law while on the leased premises. [5321.17] "Actual knowlede or reasonable belief" if either police have executed a serach warrant for drugs & found them & notified L they found drugs, OR a court determines after a hearing that T more likely than not violated drug laws. If police haven't caught you with drugs at home, L can't evict you on 3 days notice.

I couldn't find any law requiring L to give you a receipt for cash rent payments. However, if L has always demanded cash and you've been there for some months, L will have a hard time arguing that you haven't paid any rent the whole time. I hope you can produce some sort of bank records showing that you withdrew the rent money in cash every month just before rent was due.

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This is not legal advice and you are not my client. Double check everything with your own attorney and your state's laws.