a cop told me it was breach of trust and a warrant could be signed.
2007-02-06 17:20:15 · 14 answers · asked by greatbaldo 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
No, it's a breach of contract and thus a civil matter. It is not a crime.
2007-02-07 09:05:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will depend on what the laws are in your state. Most likely the dollar amounts would only be classified a misdemeanor, and not a felony.
Regardless, you have an obligation to pay the rent, whether you signed a lease or not. Failure to do so earns you the right to be evicted, and doesn't eliminate your obligation. The only circumstance in which you might legally not pay the rent directly to the landlord is if the landlord failed to maintain the property in habitable condition, and you put the rent money in an escrow account, rather than in the landlord's hands, and that situation might need court approval.
Here in Ohio, although I could take a non-paying tenant to small claims court and obtain a judgement against him or her, non-payment of the judgement still wouldn't get jail time unless the dollar amount was high enough to be a felony. Hopefully long before that I would have had the brains to have evicted the tenant.
2007-02-06 17:51:11 · answer #2 · answered by displacedyankee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no anything relating to a bill is a civil matter, not criminal. Now if you hijacked an apartment and refused to leave or pay rent, thats a little different, lol. The cop is full of crap. Worst case scenario you are sued and evicted. (not necessarily in that order)
2007-02-06 17:28:14 · answer #3 · answered by Chrissy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow...I wonder where the heck he got his cj education...it must have been mail order. If he makes this retard kind of threat in an effort to get you to pay your rent and he does this while working...what a moron.
In short...no such thing as a debtor prison anymore.
2007-02-06 17:34:52 · answer #4 · answered by mktk401 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
More than that, it's a breech of a contract that all renters sign with their land lord. Eviction comes first, than the land lord can choose weather or not to press charges. Normally, a security deposit is paid to the land lord for reasons like that.
2007-02-06 17:24:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
nah not jail but you'll get evicted real quick
if you cant pay damage to the house back then you will go to jail or if your contracted to stay you might get like a month in the slammer nothing to be worried about
2007-02-06 17:23:12 · answer #6 · answered by Tom O 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, BUT they can evict you from the property and if you refuse to leave the CAN have you arrested for trespassing..
2007-02-06 18:06:00 · answer #7 · answered by MeInUSA 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, he was just trying to scare you there is a legal procedure involved in that matter. talk to your lawyer about this...
2007-02-06 17:24:52 · answer #8 · answered by khatri_karandeep 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, that cop was just blowing smoke.
2007-02-06 18:34:32 · answer #9 · answered by Terry Z 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No not usually. there is no debtors prison. If you are in prison How are they going to get paid?
2007-02-06 19:31:26 · answer #10 · answered by ALunaticFriend 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋