Co-Tenant Wants to Move Boyfriend in

My question involves landlord-tenant law in the State of: Utah

I have had no problems with my co-tenant until recently. Over the last few months, she has made several attempts to move her new boyfriend into the house, stating that she wants him to reside there. This boyfriend is unemployed and has a history of psych issues and drug addiction. His friends creep me out, and I've been around a while and have already seen some pretty creepy things in my time. During the last month or so there has been a problem with items going missing from the house. He and my co-tenant deny that he or his friends have anything to do with this, of course. When I ask him what monetary contribution he intends to make, he gives spacey non-answers about getting his dream job or having his mother help out. I have told my co-tenant that I do not want her boyfriend to move into my residence, but she is adamant that, as a legal tenant on the lease, she has the right to move in anyone she wants. She has already told the landlord and (according to her) he is alright with it, but I have not spoken to the landlord (nor he with me) about this so to my knowledge he is unaware of my stand on the subject. What are my rights here?

Talk to your landlord. If the landlord agrees, then you'll likely find that your recourse is to leave yourself.

I'm on the lease and already pay 100% of the rent since co-tenant lost her job. She doesn't want me to leave. Now, let's get serious. What are my rights as a tenant on a legal lease when it comes to co-tenant's unsavory boyfriend? Do I really have no say at all when it comes to moving someone else in (who is not on the lease, and to my knowledge is not really a subtenant)?

Your lease says what it says. If the landlord must approve long-term guests, then that's what your lease says. If the lease imposes no restrictions, then it imposes no restrictions.

What you have agreed with your roommate in relation to long-term guests, if anything, is a separate issue from what your lease says.

The lease restricts long-term guests and states that anyone who wants to move in must be added on a renegotiated lease. I think what's happening with the landlord is that the co-tenant is talking it up as though marriage is imminent. I will have to talk to the landlord about this. Meanwhile, I have discovered that the boyfriend has used my debit card without my knowledge or permission, and gotten cash back on small purchases. This makes his defense that he knows nothing about possible missing items from the house look a little more shaky than it already did, in my opinion. I'm still pondering what to do about that. I do not want this guy in my home under any circumstances but co-tenant, who is aware of his use of the card, insists that he is going to stay.

Go to your bank, and fill out a form, and the bank will prosecute him. How does he know your pin number?

He got it from the co-tenant, along with the card (co-tenant did have permission to use the card, but not to give it and the number to someone else to use--she says she's really sorry). Cards have been changed, PINs have been changed. Prosecution is not the issue at this moment. The problem is the co-tenant insists that he's going to move in, and so far I've been told that I either have to put up with it or move out myself. I'm sick to death of feeling like I have to hide my valuables in my own home, or abandon ship altogether. How can I keep this guy OUT??

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Okay, it looks as though my only choice is to move out myself. Thanks for all of your nonhelp.