Shitty roommates abusing 30 day eviction

>>17358012
If drugs, report them. Arrest is PDQ for fixing that.

Otherwise, legally you have to serve them with a notice of an intent to evict. Regardless of their inability to pay, they've become legal tennants there. Research landlord Tennant law in your state to learn more

>>17358012
If someone is using drugs in your house you should call the police.

>>17358025
Thanks, reddit.

Put their shit on the curb. People who can't afford rent can't afford lawyers. Change the locks.

give them fleas
they'll fuck off
bomb your house or call an exterminator afterwards

Kick 'em out at gunpoint.

If the cops come, tell them you don't know them, you never let them in, and that they're squatters who forced their way into the apartment, refused to leave, and started doing drugs.

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>>17358090
Unfortunately they receive mail here and several people know us and them personally.
Also I live in the state of Washington. So there's those laws.

I'm seeing something about a 3 day eviction notice for waste or nuisance however. Might trash the house and evict them for it.

I did leasing full time for three years and I manage the dozen or so units I own. Your options here are limited, especially as I'm guessing you don't have a formal lease with them.

Serve them with paperwork, report their drug use to the police. Those are your own legal options.

Constructive eviction, forcing someone out of a property, is complicated. Under the best of circumstances its for people with a very high tolerance for risk and the ability to engage in explicitly criminal activities. You're living with these people, you sleep in the same building as they do, you're not in a position to start that game.

Serve the papers, take the microwave, lock the fridge, turn off the AC, empty the cabinets, remove all things of utility or value from common areas, cancel your cable, have your electricity shut off, keep toilet paper locked in your bedroom. Anything else and you're going to get in over your head.

>>17358034
>People who can't afford rent can't afford lawyers.

They don't need to be able to. There are a ton of free services that will get them pro bono representation.

>>17358173
Seconded. These guys methheads or heroin addicts? Well then kicking down their door is knocking down a hornet's nest. They have NOTHING to lose. They'll break into your house and hold you at knifepoint or some shit if they get high enough.

>>17358236
I've done six evictions with drug addicts. Five were straight, legal evictions with sheriff's deputies. In one of those a deputy, someone who serves evictions full time, was hospitalized. The sixth was a constructive eviction that the owner insisted upon against my advice. Turns out he had the benefit of being able to show up with a bunch of guys who had rap sheets with nicknames and last names that ended in vowels.

You're right, addicts are unpredictable. If OP is here asking how to deal with this, he isn't the kind of person equipped to deal with that shit. He needs to leave it to the professionals.

>>17358012

Consult an actual lawyer.

Sounds like this isn't even your house. Consider moving out yourself.

>>17358377
Also a very solid option.

>>17358031
yeah, if they're doing that you can have them removed immediately. especially hard drugs.

>>17358426
You can have them arrested, sure, but residency is residency.

>>17358439
Evicting someone while they're in jail is pretty easy. You don't even have to pay to serve them.