Are apartment employees allowed to enter a tenant’s apartment at any time when tenant is not home?

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The apartment employee is using the technique of 1-90 day of checking on tenant to see if apartment is ready for main inspection which may happen within 1-90. After this 90 day period another pre-inspection will occur within 1-90 day. Does it seem like it’s giving them political freedow to come and go into a tenant’s apart. Again, does apartment employees have the right to enter a tenant’s apartment at any time when tenant is away or not.

Answers and Views:

Answer by judy
NO ! 24 hour notice. except in emergency

Answer by Kristen
yes they can. You are renting from their building. They’ll come in to make sure everything is working and you’re not breaking any rules like having a pet w/out paying a pet deposit. They have every right to do it. It’s always in the lease. Normally they’ll leave a note saying they were there and the time.

Answer by cookinkvn
This sounds like the apartments are being inspected by a government agency and the management wants to do their own pre inspection to resolve any issues before the actual inspection. I used to live in an apartment where this was the case. In your case, the inspections are way to frequent for my taste. Once a year should be the maximum for inspections. Depending on the state, they are probably required to give at least 24 hours notice before entering, but they don’t need your consent, and you are not required to be present. If they are going to continue to inspect this often, you may want to consider moving somewhere where you are not inspected by an agency every 90 days.

Answer by Baby #1 on 12/10/08 Expecting #2
They legally have to provide you with twenty-four hours notice that they will be entering. After that, it doesn’t matter if you’re away or not, if you approve or not, but that notice has to be given with exceptions to emergencies.