<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4SYiBK_142TsQID00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4SYiBK_142TsQID00" width="1200" height="600" >MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) - It’s move-in time for many college students. In Marquette, Northern Michigan University students are busy settling into dorms or off-campus apartments.For many, getting an apartment for the first time can be both a stressful and thrilling time. Knowing each party’s rights and responsibilities can help relieve the stress of uncertainty.Tony Ruiz is a general practice attorney at Superior Law. He outlines how the law protects each side of a rental agreement.“Tenants have the right to be free from intrusion by the landlord, and the landlord has to obviously maintain the property and communicate with tenants when they have issues,” Ruiz said. “Landlords do have a right to enter your apartment or your residence on an emergency basis.”He says tenant rights include protection against illegal eviction, the right to break a lease under certain conditions, and protection from landlord retaliation.Ruiz says the most common cases he gets are between landlords and tenants are about unpaid rent.“Sometimes the unpaid rent is a legitimate issue where someone has a gripe because the premises aren’t being kept up and it’s become a hazard,” Ruiz said. ”On the other hand, you have people who just don’t have the money to pay the rent.”For college students, Ruiz says it’s important they understand who is responsible for payment in a shared unit if one person moves out. “Four people living in an apartment that is $1,000 a month for every resident, of that apartment or residence is liable for the entire amount,” Ruiz said. “Roommates that took off and moved downstate or out of town, well, you’re still obligated for that entire $1,000, and your landlord can go after you.” Meanwhile, the Marquette City Police Detective Lisa Benson says most often, it receives the most common calls for noise complaints at student apartments. “We either issue a citation, and each roommate can get cited even if they’re not present, and then also this gets turned over to their landlord,” Benson said. “Then from there we can do additional things like cite for littering, issue MIPS, and we get a lot of Larceny complaints.”Attorneys say while it might seem obvious, the most important thing to do before you sign any document is to read everything.They also say to do your research on a rental or home before you commit.The video above will feature the TV6 livestream until staff can clip the corresponding story, if available, from broadcasts or other TV6 content. You can subscribe to our YouTube page or download TV6+ to stream the latest local news and weather.</div></body>

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MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) - It’s move-in time for many college students. In Marquette, Northern Michigan University students are busy settling into dorms or off-campus apartments. For many, getting an apartment for the first time can be both a stressful and thrilling time. Knowing each party’s rights and responsibilities can...

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MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) - It’s move-in time for many college students. In Marquette, Northern Michigan University students are busy settling into dorms or 

Understanding home tenant rights and responsibilities

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