Along with the numerable responsibilities of being a landlord, landlords are given rights to protect them as well. Landlords rights are a collection of laws and regulations that grant landlords with rights that govern their side of the rental process. One of the foremost landlord rights is that, in exchange for fulfilling their side of the lease, landlords must be paid for rent as scheduled. Landlords also must be kept informed of developments about the house or lease, such as a tenant who plans on moving or damage that has occurred on the property. As a landlord, your most significant and even most powerful right is the right to evict, which gives landlords the ability to remove tenants by means of legal proceedings. In the event that a tenant violates the lease, landlords can use eviction to protect their interests.