Timeline for May a landlord (having already paid the fine) seek damages from the actual perpetrator?
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| Jul 25, 2016 at 5:15 | vote | accept | Shahab | ||
| Jul 20, 2016 at 21:58 | comment | added | Dale M♦ | @phoog sure, but that is the landlord's offence - they are required to keep the sidewalk clean. There is, no doubt, a separate offence for littering. The landlord has no claim on the litterer for the fine, only ;or the costs of cleaning up. | |
| Jul 20, 2016 at 15:09 | comment | added | phoog | See cityofvancouver.us/police/page/false-alarm-reduction-program for one scheme in which false alarms result in fines for the "alarm owner." | |
| Jul 20, 2016 at 15:06 | comment | added | phoog | Property owners in New York City are responsible for keeping their sidewalks clean and in good repair. If someone else, including a tenant, leaves trash on the sidewalk, the landlord is still responsible. I can easily imagine a similar arrangement for false alarms. | |
| Jul 20, 2016 at 15:01 | comment | added | Dale M♦ | @phoog only one assumption - I can't be punished for your crime and you can't be punished for mine. If you have an example of a law where this doesn't apply I would love to see it. | |
| Jul 20, 2016 at 12:54 | comment | added | gnasher729 | It could also be that there are consequences if the fine isn't paid like "we want respond to another fire alarm until the fine is paid". In which case all the innocent tenants would be very annoyed if the landlord didn't pay immediately. | |
| Jul 20, 2016 at 2:56 | comment | added | phoog | @KiNG This answer makes a lot of assumptions about the law under which the fine was imposed. It might be that the property owner is legally liable for the fine regardless of who is responsible for the false alarm. If that's the case then this answer is incorrect. | |
| Jul 19, 2016 at 16:43 | comment | added | Shahab | @Philipp I'll consider this option if my next meeting with them fail. Thanks :) | |
| Jul 19, 2016 at 8:24 | comment | added | Philipp | @KiNG You might want to hire a lawyer and let them talk to your landlord. Just a single letter with a lawyer's letterhead can often end such disputes rather gracefully. | |
| Jul 19, 2016 at 3:19 | comment | added | Shahab | wow. Interesting. So, I think I should talk to them from another perspective. Till now I was thinking about if they can charge me for such non-sense. Thanks @DaleM | |
| Jul 19, 2016 at 2:14 | history | answered | Dale M♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |