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Jon Blackburn
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  • Powell, OH
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How to handle utilities mid-eviction

Jon Blackburn
  • Investor
  • Powell, OH
Posted Aug 27 2020, 08:14

Looking for some non-licensed legal advice for a rookie Ohio landlord! Recently closed on a multi-unit property where one tenant is part way through the eviction process (hopefully wrapping up by the end of September). Per the signed lease, the tenant is responsible for paying all utilities. However, the city informed me that the tenant never established utilities in their name...so my options are to foot the bill myself or give the utility company access to the unit so they can shut off water. 

I'm wanting to tread lightly, as I'm reading a lot of articles about how legally you cannot use utility shut offs as a means for forcing out a tenant...so I don't want that to be the implication here given they are being evicted! Am I allowed to give 24 hour notice of entry, in order to shut the water off? How would you all handle this?

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