CanI be evicted after buying a mobile home from a person who still owes the lot landlord money?
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CanI be evicted after buying a mobile home from a person who still owes the lot landlord money?
About 2 months ago I bought a trailer (mobile home) from a guy. The trailer is in a trailer park. The park owner was the one who put me in touch with the trailer owner. At the time the guy that I bought tor trailer from owed the park owner $1000. He now owes $500 but refuses to pay and says he doesn’t owe any more. The park owner is trying to evict us. So far we received notice yesterday to vacate in 30 days. The park owner took our payment for the last 2 months but returned our money for this month.
Asked on August 5, 2011 Louisiana
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
When you bought the mobile home from the owner, did you also assume the lease for the mobile home at the trailer park or did you enter into a brand new lease with the mobile park? If you entered into a brand new lease with the mobile home that you bought, you are only obligated to the mobile home park for your agreement and not the prior agreement of the former owner.
If your agreement with the former owner included assuming the lease for the mobile home and any unpaid rent, then you are obligated for unpaid rent owed the mobile home park.
If the park owner took your payment for the past two months but then returned the payments made this month, it seems that you have your own separate agreement to rent with your landlord independent of the former owner's.
You should consult with a landlord tenant attorney about this situation.
Good luck.
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