<div><div dir="auto">They can’t break the lease after they took possession.  There is case law for commercial tenants stating that you can terminate prior to obtaining possession, but there is plenty of case law that won’t allow you to terminate post-possession.</div></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 5:41 PM Harry Heist <<a href="mailto:harry@evict.com">harry@evict.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="m_-5780759659063146433WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1f497d">Question for the group.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1f497d">2 year residential lease.  Tenant is 15 months in.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1f497d">Lease signed electronically with no witnesses.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1f497d">Tenant wants out.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#376092">Any case law to overcome the witness requirement of </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#376092">689.01</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#376092">?<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#376092"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#376092">It would be great if we get this law changed.  I would be happy to assist in any way. With electronic signatures, it is really becoming an issue.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1f497d">Harry<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">LAW OFFICES OF <br>HEIST, WEISSE & WOLK P.A.<br>PH: 1 800 253 8428<br>FAX: 1 800 367 9038<br>"Serving the Property Management Professional"<br>Website:  </span></b><span style="color:#1f497d"><a href="http://www.evict.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">www.evict.com</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> <br>Email: </span></b><span style="color:#1f497d"><a href="mailto:harry@evict.com" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">harry@evict.com</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p><table class="m_-5780759659063146433MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;margin-left:6.75pt;margin-right:6.75pt;margin-bottom:7.75pt"><tbody><tr style="height:19.9pt"><td width="16%" rowspan="2" style="width:16.3%;padding:1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt;height:19.9pt"><table class="m_-5780759659063146433MsoTableGrid" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="360" style="width:3.75in;border-collapse:collapse;border:none"><tbody><tr><td width="64" valign="top" style="width:48.3pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Heist-Weisse-Wolk-PA/343965575625870" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1f497d;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" src="cid:16cda3d372aad7999131" style="width:37px;max-width:100%"></span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="296" valign="top" style="width:221.7pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><br></span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Visit us on Facebook</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td width="82%" valign="bottom" style="width:82.74%;padding:1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt;height:19.9pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:19.85pt"><td width="82%" valign="bottom" style="width:82.74%;padding:1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt;height:19.85pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="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