Does a landlord need to notify tenants of an apartment building that a registered sex offender is moving in?

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Does a landlord need to notify tenants of an apartment building that a registered sex offender is moving in?

Asked on August 8, 2011 Michigan

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Answered 12 years ago | Contributor

Unless the written lease agreement between the landlord and the tenant requires a disclosure by the landlord that a registered sex offender is moving into the complex, the landlord does not need to advise existing tenants that the new tenant is a registered sex offender who is moving in.

However, with respect to potential new tenants who are interested in a unit in the complex to rent, the landlord is under an affirmative obligation to disclose all items with the particular unit and complex that he owns that could materially affect one's desire to rent an apartment. This would include the fact that one of the existing tenants is a registered sex offender.

If the landlord fails to disclose this information to potential new tenants about an existing tenant who is a registered sex offender before the lease is signed, the tenants sign the lease and then move in, they would be within their rights under the law to cancel their lease and move out without any recourse.

Good question.


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