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  • 11-16-2015, 07:00 PM
    ginatroglin
    Former Landlord is Sending Bills for Damage to My Workplace
    My question involves landlord-tenant law in the State of: California

    So here's the deal. I was in a month to month lease with the property owner, signed in April 2015. In June 2015 the property owner hired a management company and they demanded that I sign a new lease. I signed the new lease June 2015. On October 2015 they terminated my lease in writing. Which I was fine with.

    Upon moving out I gave them my new address and contact information.

    My questions is since moving out the property management company has been fired by the owner and the property owner has been sending letters to my work. No receipts, invoices or appraisals have been received from the property management company. My issue is I had a lease with the property management not the owner so do I respond or not. The owner is demanding an additional $2000 for "damages" and another $850 for carpet due to a pet I never owned. What do I do. I'm a single mom and her demands and sending letters appear to me to be harrassment. And since my lease wasn't with her how can she demand any monies from me.
  • 11-16-2015, 07:56 PM
    adjusterjack
    Re: Moved Out Landlord is Sending Harassing Letters
    That you are a single mom is irrelevant. Her demands are not harassment. It's called "dunning" and it's perfectly legal when somebody has reason to believe that you owe money to that person.

    Your lease WAS with the owner. The property manager was her agent, acting on her instructions and authority for which she was directly responsible.

    Any legal issues regarding the property is between you and her.

    But the question isn't about who you deal with, it's about whether or not you left any damages behind that you can be charged for.

    Did you?

    If you didn't, can you prove you didn't? Did you take photos when you moved in? When you moved out?

    If it's clear that you did not leave any damages behind, then I suggest you respond in writing to the owner that you had no pet and did not leave any damages and refer her to the California Security Deposit Statute that she has obviously violated and can be held accountable for.

    You can read it at Section 1950.5 at:

    http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/di...le=1940-1954.1

    I suggest you become familiar with the entire landlord tenant statute at that link if you hope to avoid this kind of stuff in the future.

    Here's also a helpful guide published by the state that cites statute sections and case law:

    http://www.dca.ca.gov/publications/l...k/catenant.pdf
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