I leased a home in a residential community with 12 other homes on the property in a small corrupt town in Texas. The owner sold the property after I moved out. I tried to file a lawsuit in the county I live (& leased ) the home in. MY county says to file in the county HE lives in & vice versa. I have written him several letters and sent him a certified letter demanding the return of my deposit. I have come to find out he owes a lot of people money for their deposits. I think that is why he sold the property. My deposit including pet deposit was $1000. I am entiltled to 3x that amount since it wasn't returned in 30 days nor did I receive a letter with any deductions. I have everything documented and I can't really afford an attorney. I know that I need to file a lawsuit, but where?
2007-07-27 10:22:11 · 4 answers · asked by ludakris 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Renting & Real Estate
You do need to file it where he lives as the sheriff for your county can't serve him the lawsuit if he is in another county. Go fill out a small calims action in the county courthouse of the county where he now resides.
Note, this may be a losing cause as even if you get a judgement againist him its hard to collect the money. You can attach the judgement to any property he owns but that may be the main extent of what you can do. Still, file in the court where he resides and take this to court. Get the judgement and attach it to any property he owns and someday you may get a windfall out of this - gotta be real patient though.
2007-07-27 10:29:06 · answer #1 · answered by Slumlord 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Texas maintains a small claims court system for situations like yours. Since your landlord has not responded to your demand letter, you are advised to file a claims action in small claims court in the county in which he resides.
The simplified form for doing so is provided in the following URL.
2007-07-27 17:35:01 · answer #2 · answered by acermill 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Maybe the community can jointly take legal action and split the cost.
2007-07-27 17:27:03 · answer #3 · answered by smiling_freds_biz_info 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
corrupt town in texas...are you speaking of BUSH????
ahhhhh...oh well...the clue here is that you knew it was a"corrupt area or town"---why did you rent there?
no other advice...you made your bed....(you know the rest)
hope you learned a lesson here
good luck
2007-07-27 17:36:18 · answer #4 · answered by Blue October 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋