If I go to a friend’s house to visit them but their roommate does’t want me there, can she call the cops on me?
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If I go to a friend’s house to visit them but their roommate does’t want me there, can she call the cops on me?
And, if so, what would be the charges? She said she would call the cops if I ever visited my friend there and said she would get her boyfriend to remove me from the house.
Asked on April 6, 2012 under Real Estate Law, Kansas
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
Any tenant or owner of a property--such as your friend--has the right to have visitors over, unless and only to the extent that there is some legal document (like a lease, which limits vistors in some way) or court order (like a protective order) preventing that. Therefore, your friend's roommate would seem to have no basis for callling the police, and if she did call them, your friend could explain you were there at the friend's invitation.
If the boyfriend threatens, touches, pushes, etc. you, you would be able to call the police on him, for harassment, assault, and/or battery--he has no right to remove you from a premises which you may lawfully be in, such as at your friend's invitation.
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