<div><div dir="auto">A process server I use says a lawyer in Broward has been filing and giving him nonpayment residential evictions and he has been serving them. I believe Dade county will not issue the summons for new evictions.</div></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 8:01 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_4863038190985495298WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1f497d">Here is some interesting press info about the fact that landlords, property managers and maybe even lawyers are STILL filing Nonpayment of Rent evictions during the 45 Day Hold.<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">I would imagine that this is a statewide problem.<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">There are 2 AG offices taking action that I have found so far.   <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">On social media the “document preparers” who basically give legal advice and file evictions with impunity or, sign affidavits stating that they are the property manager, WHEN THEY ARE NOT, are telling people that they CAN file Nonpayment of Rent evictions and the Clerk of Court is accepting them.<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">Block your phone number, call a “document preparer” and they will give LEGAL ADVICE all day long. <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">These “document preparers” are of course using the Supreme Court Approved forms which killed off a lot of the basic legal work that new attorneys did in the past and cause great public harm.  <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">How the Bar helped these people to STEAL business from attorneys is mind blowing.  <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">Ironically, many of them charge <b>MORE</b> for evictions than I do and then feed the contested cases to lawyers. <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">I hope lawyers take these cases on behalf of the tenants and nail the landlords to the wall with attorney fees judgments.  I routinely see $5000 to even $37,000 awards of attorney’s fees when the tenant’s lawyers get these cases dismissed and go for the multiplier.<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">There is a company in Tampa that has been doing this <u>for years</u> and even has his own box where the clerk’s staff put his papers for pick up by the process servers.<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">No one is stopping this. God help the young lawyer trying to start out today.<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><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.abcactionnews.com/rebound/coronavirus-money-help/tenants-fight-evictions-even-after-governors-order-the-rebound-tampa-bay" target="_blank">https://www.abcactionnews.com/rebound/coronavirus-money-help/tenants-fight-evictions-even-after-governors-order-the-rebound-tampa-bay</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/coronavirus/landlords-continue-to-kick-tenants-out-despite-gov-desantis-order-to-suspend-evictions" target="_blank">https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/coronavirus/landlords-continue-to-kick-tenants-out-despite-gov-desantis-order-to-suspend-evictions</a>  <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.atg.wa.gov/news/news-releases/ag-ferguson-enforces-emergency-eviction-proclamation-sues-nevada-based-property" target="_blank">https://www.atg.wa.gov/news/news-releases/ag-ferguson-enforces-emergency-eviction-proclamation-sues-nevada-based-property</a><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.wthr.com/article/more-evictions-are-filed-ags-office-says-landlords-could-face-large-fines?fbclid=IwAR1iEBWPK5gBCT639TQR8_WZ0UshItqhxNomLumiT-FCOOLmKKGOSP06VOY" target="_blank">https://www.wthr.com/article/more-evictions-are-filed-ags-office-says-landlords-could-face-large-fines?fbclid=IwAR1iEBWPK5gBCT639TQR8_WZ0UshItqhxNomLumiT-FCOOLmKKGOSP06VOY</a><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></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 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 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;color:#1f497d;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" src="cid:171be1a4dbead7999131" style="width:37px;max-width:100%"></span></a><span style="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="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">THIS E-MAIL MESSAGE IS CONFIDENTIAL, ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGED, AND INTENDED FOR THE PERSONS NAMED ABOVE ONLY.  ALL OTHER USE, COPYING, OR DISTRIBUTION IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #cccccc 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></b><u></u><u></u></p></blockquote></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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