The Proper Steps To Complete A Mobile Home Park Eviction

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While dealing with a mobile home park eviction is not a happy thought, it’s something that happens in the best of mobile home parks.

Today we’ll look at the various reasons behind the need for evicting a tenant. You’ll notice that not all reasons are necessarily a fault on the tenant’s side.

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There are ways to quell their hostility, it doesn’t have to be an ugly process. Read about some helpful tips in this article in dealing with a mobile home park eviction.

Why an eviction of your mobile home park tenants may be required

The need for a mobile home eviction cannot be without reason.

In fact, the eviction process requires legal approval. The court system will vet reasons and the different situations that may arise in landlord and tenant disputes. This protects tenants from unfair evictions.

Illegal activities, late rent payments, lack of rent payments, unsanitary living conditions, or a mobile home that’s deemed unlivable are plausible reasons for mobile home park eviction. Violations of lease agreements also qualify for possible eviction.

On that note, the need for an eviction may not be due to poor behavior on the side of your tenant. Perhaps you, the mobile home park owner, are required to sell the land. In that case, the mobile home park may need to shut down and the tenants removed.

This doesn’t mean the mobile home park owner can call for an eviction of tenants and their families at whim or on short notice. As we’ve stated, there’s a process involved in the eviction.

The dos and don’ts of completing a mobile home park eviction

Be professional in how you handle touchy situations like a mobile home park eviction. Always take the high road and you’ll have no regrets when you go to sleep at night or if you need to take the situation to court.

If your tenants lash back at you, don’t take it personally. Put yourself in their shoes and you’ll understand why (if) they’re behaving in a negative manner. Change is never easy to take, being asked to leave is even harder.

Communication and serving notices

Before you reach the point of an eviction, you need to start with communication and seeking the remedy for the problem. Communication is key.

Whether it’s complaints from other tenants, a foul smell, consistently late payments – you must first begin by sending out a notice.

Prior to sending out your notice, you need to make sure the situation warrants your attention in this manner.

When your mobile home park tenant signed the lease, he agreed to policies within that lease agreement. He or she agreed to the details surrounding their rent. Details such as payment fee, payment due dates, their responsibilities as a tenant in your park, maintenance, and park etiquette should have been spelled out in the lease agreement. Refer to the policies they agreed to.

Signing A Contract

Now that you’ve established that their behavior is a breach of the agreement, you may serve out a notice. This must be done before you even reach the point of eviction.

Usually, notices you send out to your tenants require the tenant’s contact information. You should also include details of their violation, a deadline for compliance with your park’s demands, and a signature and date. Save documented proof that you sent them this notice.

We suggest connecting with your state Department of Housing office. They’ll give you your state’s required method of formatting your notices.

In writing up your notice, remember to give your tenant a concrete goal for working towards compliance. Be specific. Don’t just ask them to clean up their yard, give them a deadline.

Document everything you can

That’s right. You’ll do well to document every interaction with your mobile home tenant. Take the time to document complaints, warnings, notices, and other interactions. Other things to document include maintenance requests, late rent payment reminders, emails, text messages, and phone calls.

Obviously, having to deal with multiple tenants will make it important for you to come up with a documentation method that works for youIn the case an eviction will be required, you’ll be glad you have documentation to make your case.

Two plausible responses to your notice

Because communication is important, your notice is key in getting your wishes across in a documented manner. Your tenant may respond to your notice in one of two ways.

First, they may resolve the issue, complying with your notice. If this is the case, the problem stops here and everyone continues on happily in your mobile home park.

However, they may refuse to take responsibility. But that’s OK, you’ve taken the procedures necessary to make the next step possible.

The time for a mobile home park eviction

If your tenant will not comply with the demands of your notice, it’s time to press forward with an eviction.

To complete a mobile home park eviction, you will need to see an attorney and go to court. An eviction cannot happen without the approval of the courts.

Outside Of A Court

You need to know the laws and regulations of your state and locale for tenant eviction.

What are your rights? What are the rights of the tenant? Reach out to your local municipality for laws specific to your location.

Be prepared to print out copies of your documentation so you can provide evidence of your notices to the courts. With documentation, you can prove your case and make the process run quickly and smoothly with the court system.

Keep it simple and smooth

The mobile home park eviction process doesn’t have to be painful. Set yourself up for a smooth process by making sure the requirements of your parks relationship with tenants are set forth. This should be laid out in the lease agreement.

About Dan Paton

Dan Paton has been working full-time in this field for over a decade. Both him and his partner, Dan Leighton, formed EZ Homes back in 2006 and have seen explosive growth ever since. Dan works heavily in the administrative role within the organization. He is a jack of all trades type of guy. Dan and his wife have 4 children.





Written by Dan Paton

Dan Paton has been working full-time in this field for over a decade. Both him and his partner, Dan Leighton, formed EZ Homes back in 2006 and have seen explosive growth ever since. Dan works heavily in the administrative role within the organization. He is a jack of all trades type of guy. Dan and his wife have 4 children.

April 6, 2022

 

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