I am a landlord in Pa I gave my tenant 48hrs notice for an inspection for condition and repairs she refused to let me in I have no keys she had changed the locks
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I am a landlord in Pa I gave my tenant 48hrs notice for an inspection for condition and repairs she refused to let me in I have no keys she had changed the locks
I am a landlord in Pa I gave my tenant 48hrs notice for an inspection for
condition and repairs she refused to let me in I have no keys she had changed the
locks
Asked on October 12, 2017 under Real Estate Law, Pennsylvania
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
You can go to the court on an "emergent" or urgent basis for a court order requiring the tenant to let you in and give you a set of keys. You are advised to retain an attorney (a landlord-tenant attorney) to help you; the courts are used to dealing with the opposite situation (a landlord illegally locking a tenant out), not with tenant's excluding their landlords and therefore don't really have a good process in place for dealing with this issue; in my experience (I do landlord-tenant law in a neighboring state, NJ, and have handled cases like you describe there) it is vital to have a lawyer assist you to lay out the case for the court and keep the court "on track" when, due to lack of insitutional experience, so start to go off track.
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