Timeline for Landlord billing me for previous tenant's charges
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| Dec 6, 2018 at 17:44 | vote | accept | Mary | ||
| Dec 4, 2018 at 19:28 | comment | added | ohwilleke | @TinaJ " is suing the same as reporting to police?" No. Suing means filing a lawsuit in court. You can sue someone in another state, although it might be hard to enforce if you don't know where they are employed or they don't have bank accounts. If is not a crime to not pay your rent. If the court orders you evicted, the police may end up assisting the landlord in causing you to leave the property however, if you don't move out first. | |
| Dec 4, 2018 at 12:43 | comment | added | pboss3010 | Legally, you've assumed the lease by subletting. So you're now responsible for the lease. If you had gotten the landlord to cancel the original lease and lease to you directly, he would've gone after the previous tenant for any unpaid bills. | |
| Dec 4, 2018 at 1:23 | comment | added | Mary | @gnasher729 I get that they just think about money. But "legally" who should they bill? BTW, is there any disadvantages of me asking for a court? The bills are a few hunder dollars, but I want to experience the court and the process. | |
| Dec 4, 2018 at 1:02 | comment | added | gnasher729 | @TinaJ The landlord could bill the orginal people, but you are there and they are not, you live in the apartment and can be evicted, they don't live there and cannot be evicted. So it's much easier for the landlord to ask you for the money. It sucks for you. If you were the landlord, you would do the same thing. Suing means he asks a court to make you pay, the police will not be involved. | |
| Dec 4, 2018 at 0:14 | comment | added | Mary | Strange. I am responsible from charges starting from Dec 1. The landlord could simply bill the original people, not me. On the sue-ing side, is suing the same as reporting to police? They are now living in another state. Is it still OK? | |
| Dec 4, 2018 at 0:08 | comment | added | ohwilleke | "Does it mean if the previous charges are not paid?" Yes. An eviction would be through the normal legal eviction process. A money judgment might also enter against you for the unpaid charges and you could have to pay those plus the landlord's attorneys' fees and litigation costs from your bank accounts and wages and other property. And, it would ruin your credit rating. | |
| Dec 4, 2018 at 0:05 | comment | added | Mary | Thanks. What does it mean "If the obligations are not current"? Does it mean if the previous charges are not paid? And if I don't pay, can they evict me right away, or legally a notice must be given? And what are other consequences of not paying those charges? | |
| Dec 3, 2018 at 23:59 | history | answered | ohwilleke | CC BY-SA 4.0 |