2006-07-26 06:34:31 · 6 answers · asked by peterpan123 3 in Business & Finance ➔ Renting & Real Estate
no. since your gone, no need to pay anymore. you're just out on the street.
2006-07-26 06:37:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
O.K., here's how it goes. The landlord can sue you for what you didn't pay that got you evicted. He can sue you for the costs of evicting you. He can sue you for any subsequent months he was not able to rent the apartment after you were gone, but he has to "mitigate damages", which means he must prove he made an honest and diligent effort to rent the apartment after he evicted you. He can also sue you for any damages above and beyond the amount of the security deposit.
That being said, a judgment is just that...a judgment. You don't ever have to pay him, and if you have no assets for him to come after, he will have no recourse. BUT (and here is the kicker), a judgment stays on your record for 10 years, and he can come back at any time during those ten years and take whatever assets you have accumulated to pay off the judgment. If you buy a house, he can put a lien against it.
Some states allow landlords to take personal property to pay off judgments, but that's easy to get out of. They can't take your "essentials", like clothes or the car you use to get to work, and all you have to do about furniture and stuff is to have someone say it's theirs and they loaned it to you.
How do I know this? I was a landlord once upon a time.
2006-07-26 13:43:46 · answer #2 · answered by Flora_54 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, since they evicted you your lease is no longer valid. Therefore you are no longer liable for the remainder of the time left on the lease. I wouldn't be using them as a ref though.
2006-07-26 13:39:24 · answer #3 · answered by KitKat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Flora is right. Additionally, your judgment accrues significant interest too. Don't be a dead beat, pay off your debt like the rest of us have to do. Otherwise it will follow you and stick it's ugly head up when you least expect it to and at a most inopportune moment.
2006-07-26 15:50:14 · answer #4 · answered by clueless 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, you don't have to pay because you aren't in the apartment anymore.
2006-07-26 13:37:48 · answer #5 · answered by Princess 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, until they can re-rent the apartment.
2006-07-26 13:38:36 · answer #6 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋