SHREVEPORT, La. - Some residents in the Sanctuary Apartments have been given a 15 day notice to vacate their homes.

They did everything right: signed a lease, paid their rent on time and obeyed all the rules. Yet this week, they got a notice from their landlord that they have 15 days to get out.

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Whether you've received an eviction notice or your landlord has filed a lawsuit, here's where to turn for help.

You have no automatic right to an additional sixty-day notice to vacate. Your duty to vacate is implied by the existence of a lease, especially if the lease itself does not contain notice language.