no rental certificate
tenant is being allowed to live in my property for free because I don't have a rental suitability certificate i cannot get one because all history has been deleted by license and inspection how can I evict this tenant told she praus on senior landlords certificate was located in cabinet when she moved in change locks
This sounds like it’s in Philadelphia.
The certificate of rental suitability is obtained as a download from the L&I website. But that only works for landlords who have a rental license.
So, do you have a rental license in Philadelphia? That is basically step one. At the top of the Philadelphia Forum here on BP you should find a thread that covers what landlords need to provide to tenants.
What you indicate does not sound correct - why would L&I delete your "history" and what do you mean by that? When you rent in Philly, you need to have a Philly tax ID, a Commercial license, a rental license, rental suitability and more. yup it's a lot, but doable online. If you need to evict and have not taken care of these things, you got a problem. And in any case evictions in Philly for anyone who is not a professional landlord in Philly should probably be handled by a lawyer, especially during COVID. We have a nice group of Philly landlords here who can offer advice https://www.facebook.com/group...
This is the link I referred to earlier, that lists things required of a landlord in Philadelphia.
Agree with @Steve Babiak and @Sheryl Sitman
If you do not know the rules hire a professional to help you deal with this.
You won’t be able to back date your certificate but you can still generate and deliver a new copy to the tenant. After you'd be able to "collect" rent starting the delivery date.
Cheers,
Yuriy