CTO FORM LETTERS
Using a CTO Form Letter
The Ohio Landlord Tenant Law requires a tenant to provide a
written notice when a landlord is failing to comply with a duty
under the law. CTO form letters have been created to guide you
in designing a notice to your landlord to correct a condition or
respond to a landlord action.
THESE LETTERS DO NOT CONSTITUTE
LEGAL ADVICE.
IF YOU NEED LEGAL ADVICE, CONTACT AN ATTORNEY.
Notices to landlords should be delivered to the person or
place where you normally pay rent. Please do not send your
notice to CTO. For your own records, keep a copy of all the
notices given to the landlord.
Generally speaking, the effective date of a notice is the
beginning of a rent-paying period.
Getting a copy of a CTO form letter:
CTO has printed copies of all the form letters. You can contact
CTO by phone or mail for a copy.
Cleveland Tenants Organization
2530 Superior Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44115
Phone: 621-1571
Fax: 736-7924
You can also print or download a copy of a letter from the CTO
model form letters. Please note that these form letters are
copyrighted by CTO. You are permitted to make a copy for your
own personal use. Remember, if you send a letter, you should
always make and
keep a copy for your own records.
The following is a list of the 31 model letters. Scroll
or page down to see the entire list.
- Notice to Correct
Conditions (FL 2.1)
- No Repairs - Tenant
Terminate Rental Agreement (FL 2.5)
- Insufficient Notice of Rent
Increase (FL 10.1)
- Improper Rent Increase During
a Lease Period (FL 10.2)
- Retaliatory Rent Increase
(FL 6.1)
- Non-Acceptance of Rent
(Fl 5.1)
- Self-Help Eviction (FL 9)
- Utility Shut Off Notice to
Landlord (FL 1.2)
- Water Shut Off (Cleveland)
Notice to Landlord (FL 1.3)
- Inadequate Heat - City of
Cleveland and Notice to Correct Conditions (FL 2.2)
- Inadequate Heat - City Code Cited
(FL 2.3)
- Inadequate Heat (FL 2.4)
- Tenant Paid Utilities (FL 1.1)
- Tenant Vacate Notice - Security
Deposit (FL 3.1)
- Failure to Return Security Deposit
(FL 3.2)
- Security Deposit Return -
Wrongful Deductions (FL 3.3)
- Property Sold - Return Security
Deposit (FL 3.4)
- Retaliatory Rent
Increase (FL 6.1)
- Retaliatory Service
Decrease (FL 6.2)
- Retaliatory Notice
to Vacate (FL 6.3)
- Retaliatory Threat
to Evict (FL 6.4)
- Insufficient Notice to Terminate
Rental Agreement (FL 7.1)
- Insufficient Notice of Change
in Rental Agreement (Other Than Rent Increase) (FL 7.2)
- Receipt of Notice to Correct
(FL 7.3)
- Fair Housing -
Sexual Harrassment (FL 8.1)
- Fair Housing -
Reduction or Denial of Services to Families with
Children (FL 8.2)
- Fair Housing -
Request to Make Modifications Because of
Disability (FL 8.3)
- Quiet Enjoyment: Letter to Neighbor -
City of Cleveland (FL 11.1)
- Quiet Enjoyment: Letter to Neighbor -
City Code Cited (FL 11.2)
- Quiet Enjoyment: Letter to
Landlord (FL 11.3)
- Illegal Entry by Landlord (FL 4)
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