He's been staying here for the last few months and bought a TV and some other things. i was wondering since he didn't pay me any rent or anything and I don't have proof of rent and he doesn't have proof that he stayed her, if he is allowed to take the property. I mean between family members I wouldn't make him sign a lease for rent.
2007-03-05 09:14:07 · 5 answers · asked by NarutoUzumaki 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Yeah but this isn't the thing you know you'd wanna tell people, the personal issues with things. We already bought two vehicles together and I was signed on the one car so he couldn't take that without going to court so he took pretty much everything else and abanoned the rest. I mean, besides them being a brother if he wanted to take anything else legally wouldn't have to come back at the time he moved out in order to do it?
2007-03-05 09:23:11 · update #1
He is your brother, you are deciding things after the fact. What goes around comes around.
2007-03-05 09:24:20 · answer #1 · answered by Carlene W 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you don't have a signed lease or agreement with him stating that he needed to pay rent, you do not have a right to hold his possessions for payment. I believe that is against the law, although I am not sure. No landlord can hold a tenant's items until payment. That's like imprisonment of possessions. You were a good person for letting him stay, I'm thinking it was because he hit some hard times, but, if you didn't ask for rent then, you shouldn't ask for it now. That would turn your good deed into something really bad. Family first, c'mon.
2007-03-05 17:24:58 · answer #2 · answered by Cherry_Fire 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The statue of frauds for most states dictate that all contracts for real estate must be in writting. If your both over 18, family or not, you don't have a great legal case and he could sue your for the television. Even if you did have a contract however, it is typically not permissable to hold personal possesions in lieu of payment for rent.
2007-03-05 17:22:54 · answer #3 · answered by Scott 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You never asked him to pay rent and so I don't think its fair that you should keep some of his property. Just give him back his stuff. He probably needs them more than you do.
2007-03-05 17:24:19 · answer #4 · answered by Luci 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DUDE THAT'S YOUR BROTHER. BUY YOUR OWN TV. IF YOU WANTED HIM TO PAY RENT THEN WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL HIM FROM THE GET. NOW HE'S OUT AND YOU WANT TO KEEP THE TV. KNOCK IT OFF THAT'S PATHETIC.
2007-03-05 17:18:21 · answer #5 · answered by strike_eagle29 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋