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    Default Sublease Deposit Refund

    My question involves a security deposit in the State of: New Jersey

    I have subleased a room from the first tenant. He has never signed the agreement but has given me the deopsit receipt. We did served the notice for a month and moved out of the room at the given date. He promised orally that he will refund the deposit back in 2 weeks. The day of my leave there was no electricity, which I later came to know from actual landlord that PSEG has cut-off the electricity due to non-payment of bills. I came to know that how much I was over-paying for utilities.

    Now, my questions are.

    1) Can I file for deposit refund and inconvinience in small courts. Although I dont have the current address of first tenant, which I will try to find out from local directory or Police station.

    2) What are the chances when most of the commitments are verbal.

    3) They are playing oversmart by not replying to any phone call or emails, they are just trying to aviod new commitments. Should I continue to try reaching them or send them a notice directly.

    4) On what grounds can they counter-file?

    5) He is running under multiple charges so what are the chances of getting this done.

    Just FYI, I vacated the apartment on July 1st.


    Rgds,
    JC

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    Default Re: Sublease Deposit Refund

    You were promised a refund of your deposit within two weeks. Have those two weeks now passed?

    If he owes you money and is overdue in giving it to you, you can sue him; if he can come up with a theory by which you owe him money, he can counter-sue you for what you allegedly owe. You haven't shared any meaningful facts, and you may benefit from having somebody who is a better writer help you post questions that make sense.

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