When a tenant does not have a written lease then how much notice to be given by a tenant or landlord is regulated by state law. SO even with a sale of a property if the new owner wanted it empty all tenants are still entitled to the amount of notice a state says Is required So if your state says 30 days notice must be given then that applies to a tenant who wants to move out as well when they don't have a written lease. It can vary , where I live its whole rental period of notice, another I know of says 15 days notice. JUST how much notice were you given to leave ?
Ok, my next question, she filed a complaint with small claims court, and is requesting I pay 240 for partial rent. Like I mentioned, never signed lease agreeing to any terms, especially pro-rated rent. She sold the place, you would think she would be satisfied with her lump sum from selling. I am going to show up for date in court n was going to state that I never agreed or signed a lease to these terms. Can it hold up in court?
Actually a fixed term lease does not generally have to be in writing but it sounds like you are speaking of a month to month tenancy so the fixed term lease issue doesn’t matter.
Whether you are liable for any rent cannot be determined by what you’ve posted
So lets start with some facts:
Did the landlord give you notice of termination of your tenancy? If so, how much notice were you given?
Or
Did you leave on your own accord and if so, did you provide any notice period and if so, how much notice did you provide?
She did give me a couple of months notice, and when I found a place I advised her that I would be moved out with a notice 30 days or more. See my roommate moved out prior to original lease being fulfilled. She signed, when that lease was up. She emailed a new month to month lease, but never got signed by me, which this time it had only my name.. LL just told me I could stay till I found a new place prior to my last 15 day's, never mentioned rent, till I was moved out. I did explain to her that I would take care of this, but to give me sometime, I had a difficult time in life, and now back on track. But she had filed through court already. What options do I have. I did read I could go n set up a payment plan, or is it LL word and mine?