The lawyer gave advice in case the former owner refused to vacate the apartment

If the former owner refuses to vacate the sold apartment, the buyer must act strictly within the law and in no case try to pick the locks themselves. This was announced on June 11 by Philip Terekhin, Senior partner of the law firm Lyapunov, Terekhin and Partners.

"If the seller does not vacate the apartment within the time limits set by the contract, a claim should be sent to him, if the claims stated in the claim are ignored, with the involvement of law enforcement agencies, neighbors should record the fact of using the property after the conclusion of the purchase agreement," the lawyer explained in an interview with the Prime agency.

It is allowed to open locks only after the transfer of ownership is officially registered by the state. Unauthorized actions such as replacing locks, damaging or destroying someone else's property threaten the owner with criminal liability.

If the seller continues to ignore the requirements, the next step should be to go to court. After receiving the writ of execution, the case is transferred to bailiffs, who will organize the forced expulsion of the former owner. The main rule, Terekhin stressed, is not to solve the problem on your own, but to act exclusively through law enforcement agencies and the judicial system.

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Valeria Stalnova, the judicial representative and head of Proyurist, told Izvestia on May 24 that the heirs were responsible for the debts of the deceased, but only within the limits of the value of the property transferred to them. For example, if the cost of an apartment is 3 million rubles, and the debt of the deceased is 7 million rubles, creditors have the right to claim only 3 million rubles.