Tenant still liable for rent after eviction

[ohiolandlord]

Thanks. I just bought the Ohio Landlord book copy. The question I had before, was can you hold the tenant liable for the remainder of the lease after you evicted him/ her because of noise and being disruptive? We do not accept the rent for March, but can we go after him/her later?

Thanks for your kindness.

[ohiolandlord]

Tenant is still liable for rent for the remainder of the lease after being evicted for any reason. The Landlord still has a duty to make reasonable efforts to rerent the premises after the eviction. Once the unit is rerented for at or what former tenant was paying in rent, the tenant's liability ends for rent thereafter.

Hope that helps.

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[eewillison]

There was an Ohio case called Cubbon v. Locker which said that once the landlord chose to evict the tenant, this was an election of remedies, and it denied the landlord the right to collect rent once the tenant was evicted, but this case was overruled by the Ohio Supreme Court, and now the landlord evicting a tenant can still collect rent through the end of the rental term, so long as the landlord makes a good faith effort to re-rent the place until the lease is up.