My question involves landlord-tenant law in the State of: Indiana
Good Morning,
I am a tenant and I broke my lease early. I was originally in another unit with the Management company and that lease had an Early Termination Addendum which included: being charged rent until rerented and forfeiture of entire security deposit. A month later I was moved into another unit and the Management company had me move to another unit. When they did this, they had me sign a brand new lease which is written differently than the first AND DID NOT include the Early Termination Addendum. This rental agreement has incorrect term dates (Oct. 1, 2013-Oct 31, 2014) and the rental amount is incorrect as well ($240 a month instead of $625). Anyway, there is no Early Termination Addendum; however there is a section labelled: Service Charges. It says Tenant hereby agrees that he will pay on demand service charges as follows for extra services required of Landlord by Tenant's failure to pay rent as agreed: (a) For lease termination more than two months before Lease expiration: One month's rent.
Is "Service Charge" the same as Early Termination Clause? Does this indicate I am must pay one month's rent to break lease?
I am trying to do the right thing and just want to be fair. However, the Management Company has indicated I was not getting my security deposit back due to early termination (They are reverting back to 1st lease)
Thank you

