Your Re-Entry Clause Beats the Texas Lockout Statute and Buys Nothing in California
A landlord padlocked a Manhattan storefront over $270,493.21 in claimed arrears while the question of whether any rent was owed was still pending in another court. The Appellate Term held that self-help is available to commercial landlords, then listed four conditions the lease only satisfies one of. Change states and the same clause is worth everything, one month's rent, or nothing.