Can My landlord amend my lease without my personal signature?

Question

I am in college and live with 2 other individuals. When we moved in to my apartment, without telling me or consulting me, my one roomate signed an amendment to our lease that stated he could move in early as long as we moved out early. I never signed this change. Is it legal for my landlord to enforce this change? I really am in a position where I cannot move out early because of work!

I am in college and live with 2 other individuals. When we moved in to my apartment, without telling me or consulting me, my one roomate signed an amendment to our lease that stated he could move in early as long as we moved out early. I never signed this change. Is it legal for my landlord to enforce this change? I really am in a position where I cannot move out early because of work!

All 3 of us signed the lease, it is not in any particular name

Answer 1

this is not 'all for one, one for all' it is a lease among 4 people and all have to abide by the lease copy they have in their possession at the time of signing.
If the LL is or the contracted agent did; sign separate leases with each individual, the ones that are responsible for the changes are the persons that agreed to those changes, not the ones left out of the addendum's.
It is the LLs place to make all the leases read the same on the onset of the lease signing.
If he/she/it changes any part of the lease, you have the right to challenge that in court and they will have to prove up their case to move you out.
fraud comes to mind in this lease signing!!!!!!

Answer 2

If all three of you signed the original lease, all three of you are collectively the lease holder. Your landlord needs all three signatures for this amendment to take place.
Call him out on it, take a stand, and don't let him railroad you.

UNLESS...as a previous poster stated, your lease states that one may sign for all...read over it, but I highly doubt it states that. Even if it did, I doubt that would be with held in a court room.

PS: When you call your landlord, if he states you do have to move early, don't pose the issue that all of you didn't sign amendment as a question, state it as FACT.

Good luck!!

Answer 3

Read your original lease. Does it have a clause stating that one party to the lease my authorize changes? It likely will state that any changes must be agreed upon by all parties of the lease. Check to see. If it is not addressed at all then I don't think your roommate can make changes on your behalf. Also, do you plan to take advantage of moving in early? If you don't and you plan to follow the agreement of the original lease than that should stand in up in court if necessary.

Answer 4

If you are not in violation of your lease in any way, and you are the only signor of the lease, then the new signature is invalid. However, if you moved in early you may not have a great argument. I am sure your landlord will be willing to work with you if you offer to make it worth his while. (aka pay a little extra/day)

Answer 5

If the lease is in your name then I would get a lawyer and talk to them because that sound fishy. read the fine print on the lease agreement it might say they can do that at any given time take the lease and have lawyer look it over to see if it is legal.

Answer 6

Well I would think he would have no standing due to the fact that you were not informed nor did you sign. You may have to ask him for a copy of the lease and tell him that you had no knowledge of this.

Answer 7

The landlord should be more than happy to let you stay longer, he doesn't want the property vacant. Why don't you give him a call? All three should have to sign the document to be legal.

Answer 8

Nope, one tenant cannot sign for the other two. Your landlord may not enforce.

Answer 9

if you signed the original lease then you would have had to sign the amended one for it to be valid.

Answer 10

find out local laws and such ; whos name is the lease in?