Heavy rain floods roads and hinders travel in Sarasota, FL this afternoon as severe storms impact southern Florida. Foootage also includes the now famous “Google Island” sign as the area competes for the Google Fiber contest http://www.googleisland.net/
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Take pains to remove a renter from your property legally, or you could find yourself on the wrong side of the law.
Step 1: Check your local laws
Contact your county clerk’s office to check the laws governing eviction proceedings in your jurisdiction.
Tip
If you are managing government-subsidized housing, follow the eviction rules established by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Step 2: Know your rights
Know the valid reasons for evicting a tenant, which include nonpayment of rent, a violation of their lease, and creating a health or safety problem. Landlords do not need a reason to evict month-to-month tenants, and they can choose not to renew a tenant’s lease without giving a reason.
Step 3: Don’t evict on your own
Don’t attempt to evict your tenant by force, or try to get them to leave by cutting off their heat or water, changing their locks, or tossing their possessions. These methods are all illegal.
Step 4: Have a paper trail
Have your documentation in order, including a copy of the lease, written notices you have sent to the tenant concerning any problems, and any other proof of your claim, like bounced rent checks or photos of property damage.
Step 5: Give them fair notice
Let the tenant know in writing that you are planning to evict them if they don’t pay their rent or correct a violation by a certain date. How much time you must give them varies from state to state.
Tip
If you are evicting a month-to-month tenant without cause, make sure you are giving the advance notice required by your state, which can be anywhere from 20 to 90 days.
Step 6: Go to court
If the tenant hasn’t addressed the problem within the time frame cited, file an eviction notice with the local court. If the tenant doesn’t respond within the time defined by the court, you win by default. If the tenant challenges the eviction, the case may go to a hearing.
Step 7: Post a notice
If you win the case, a representative of the court – like a sheriff, marshal, or constable – will post a notice on the tenant’s door giving them a move-out date, at which time the tenant and their possessions will be forcibly removed from the premises by the court representative if they haven’t vacated on their own.
Step 8: Cover their cost
If the tenant wins, you will have to let them stay and pay their costs of fighting the eviction, in most cases. So be sure to follow the letter of the law before starting proceedings!
Did You Know?
The number of cases landlords filed in New York City for back rent rose 19 percent in the first two months of 2009.
Severe storms move across northern Oklahoma and dump 1-inch diameter hail. Traffic on I-35 was slowed down considerably in and around Perry due to the hail accumulating several inches deep.
HD video package opens with POV driving shots as hail starts to fall. Also includes passing a vehicle that spun out into the median. Various other shots of traffic driving through the deep hail. Also includes people under an overpass clearing their cars of the quarter sized hail as well as other post-storm shots.
Part F – 08/30/2005 Footage shot at Interstate 10 and Causeway Overpass of Coast Guard and National Guard helicopters landing and dropping off people who were rescued from their roof tops in New Orleans. Footage shows the massive rescue effort that was happening as survivors were waiting for additional busses to transport them to shelters outside of the devastated area. Footage ends with an interview of a man that asked for a ride from the photographer to try and get to his mothers home to take shelter in the city of Kenner, LA. The interview explains what happened to him which is pretty much the same story for most of the survivors of Hurricane Katrina in the New Orleans, LA area. Catalog ends with non flooding storm damage along Airline Highway.
Part E – 08/30/2005 Footage shot at Interstate 10 and Causeway Overpass of Coast Guard and National Guard helicopters landing and dropping off people who were rescued from their roof tops in New Orleans. Footage shows the massive rescue effort that was happening as survivors were waiting for additional busses to transport them to shelters outside of the devastated area. Footage ends with an interview of a man that asked for a ride from the photographer to try and get to his mothers home to take shelter in the city of Kenner, LA. The interview explains what happened to him which is pretty much the same story for most of the survivors of Hurricane Katrina in the New Orleans, LA area. Catalog ends with non flooding storm damage along Airline Highway.
Part D – 08/30/2005 B-Roll Footage shot at Interstate 10 and 610 interchange which became a boat ramp rescue launching point for those needing to be rescued from the massive flooding that devastated the New Orleans, LA metro area. Video shots include FEMA rescue workers bringing people by boat to the staging area. Footage of the New Orleans skyline overlooking Interstate 10 which was not covered by several feet of flood water and close up shots of a pumping station surrounded by flood waters. Additional B-Roll clips showing FEMA personnel setting up rescue operations and some of the first buses to come and take people out of the area. Catalog includes an interview with a woman that was rescued and a man that brought his boat to come and help out the rescue efforts.
Part C – 08/30/2005 B-Roll Footage shot at Interstate 10 and 610 interchange which became a boat ramp rescue launching point for those needing to be rescued from the massive flooding that devastated the New Orleans, LA metro area. Video shots include FEMA rescue workers bringing people by boat to the staging area. Footage of the New Orleans skyline overlooking Interstate 10 which was not covered by several feet of flood water and close up shots of a pumping station surrounded by flood waters. Additional B-Roll clips showing FEMA personnel setting up rescue operations and some of the first buses to come and take people out of the area. Catalog includes an interview with a woman that was rescued and a man that brought his boat to come and help out the rescue efforts.
Part B – 08/30/2005 B-Roll footage of people who were just rescued with their pets from the flooding around New Orleans and interviews with people telling their story about how they were rescued. Also includes shot of additional EMS personnel setting up, aerial shots from a bridge of cars underwater and air bubbling up to the surface. Additional B-Roll video includes the Pontchartrain Expressway pumping station surrounded by water with the New Orleans, LA skyline in the distance with a flooded out Interstate 10 in the foreground. Also footage of rescue boats bringing survivors to the staging area before being bussed out of the area.
Part A – 08/30/2005 B-Roll footage of people who were just rescued with their pets from the flooding around New Orleans and interviews with people telling their story about how they were rescued. Also includes shot of additional EMS personnel setting up, aerial shots from a bridge of cars underwater and air bubbling up to the surface. Additional B-Roll video includes the Pontchartrain Expressway pumping station surrounded by water with the New Orleans, LA skyline in the distance with a flooded out Interstate 10 in the foreground. Also footage of rescue boats bringing survivors to the staging area before being bussed out of the area.
Part B – 08/30/2005 B-Roll footage from Williams Blvd. and Veterans Blvd in Kenner, LA of people walking through the flooded roadway to try and get to the airport to be evacuated while others are checking out the damage and flooding. Video catalog then continues at the Orleans Parish line overlooking the 17th Street Canal and Pontchartrain Expressway pumping station pipes. This is where the massive interstate 10 and 610 rescue effort was being setup. B-Roll video of rescue crews from as far away as Kentucky and Missouri along with the National Guard and FEMA were organizing the massive overwhelming tasking of trying to search and rescue people from the flooded out metro area.