Aren’t all tenants on a lease entitled to be given their own key?
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Aren’t all tenants on a lease entitled to be given their own key?
My daughter just rented an apartment with 4 other girls near a local college. We went to pick up the keys today and were only given 2 keys to the secured front entrance of the apartment complex. We explained to the landlord that there are 5 girls and that we would be needing 3 additional keys. She told us that they could only have 2 said keys because of security reasons. Is this a law or is she just making this up?
Asked on July 22, 2011 California
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 13 years ago | Contributor
If there is a written lease with the landlord read it carefully. There be mention about the amount of keys to be provided to the new tenants. If there are 5 agreed upon tenants, the landlord needs out of common sense to provide each tenant her own key for safety and security purposes to get access to the unit being rented.
If the landlord will not pay for the 3 extra keys, go down to the hardware store with one of the keys given and have at least 3 more keys cut for the other girls.
Sounds like the landlord was giving you a story about only being allowed 2 keys to be issued for security purposes.
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