Can a commercial landlord use self-help measures?

Posted March 6th, 2008 by Roger Glovsky

A Massachusetts lawyer asked me this question. I told him that I didn't know, but thought maybe someone here might...

>Roger, I have one question I was hoping you might be able
>to answer. I seem to get this question a lot, and can never
>answer it. Can a commercial landlord use self help measures
>against a non-paying tenant, e.g. changing locks? Perhaps
>there is no simple answer to this...

Can anyone shed some light on this?

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