Can a landloard ban an invited guest of a tenant from being on the premises?
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Can a landloard ban an invited guest of a tenant from being on the premises?
I invited a guest to my appartment and my landloard called police on him for having a loud music in his car. The result was that police told my guest to leave imediatly and if this guest will ever step on the premises of the rental building or parkinglot he will be charged with criminal tresspassing. Is this legal or does it infringes on my tennant rights? In either case could you please direct me to supporting law of this issue.
Asked on July 9, 2012 under Real Estate Law, Iowa
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Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
Your landlord can ban one of your guests from being that the rental that you have so long as that particular guest continues to engage in bad behavior unless your presumed written lease specifically states that the banned person is not to be on the premises.
Under the laws of all states in this country, once the landlord has leased the rental to you, the landlord does not have any say as to who can show on the rented premises unless criminal activity is being conducted by that person.
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