Wht to do if I want to evict my one housemate because he was stealing from the other housemates?
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Wht to do if I want to evict my one housemate because he was stealing from the other housemates?
I want to know how longor short of a notice time I can give him. We got all of the items backwe hope but now we don’t trust him and want him out ASAP. I didn’t write up a rental agreement but I am certain stealing is valid grounds for eviction.
Asked on October 16, 2012 under Real Estate Law, Alaska
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Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
Unless you have a roommate agreement setting forth the terms and conditions of the behavior of the roommates in the unit you share you cannot legally evict your "difficult" roommate unless you are the landlord. One way to possibly get this "difficult" roommate removed from the unit is to discuss the situation with your landlord and see if he or she will evict him or her.
The other option is simply to ask this roommate to leave the premises since he or she is no longer desired to be there by you and the other roommates.
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