Can a landlord freeze my bank account for unpaid rent if the case is still in court?
Consult a landlord/tenant attorney asap. Your landlord cannot garnish your account without a proper judgment.
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Consult a landlord/tenant attorney asap. Your landlord cannot garnish your account without a proper judgment.
Your record of payments likely indicates that the lease term of $1000 for the 12 month year is a mistake. So, that argument won't fly in a court...
You can evict them for nonpayment of rent. If they holdover after the lease expires, you can file an unlawful detainer action.
Public defenders are criminal defense lawyers. You cannot be appointed a public defender for a civil proceeding.
Typically you have to get a court in your state issue a commission to take an out of state deposition. Which them is filed in the other state...
No, you will not go to jail. You may be civilly liable for any rents due and owing to your landlord.
I can't take credit for this. My colleague Rixon Rafter wrote an excellent legal guide addressing this very...
Many debt collectors stretch the limits of what they're allowed to do under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. They can be fined for...
Hire a local attorney. Some states have statutes in place which allow victims of domestic violence to break leases.
Any element to a viable legal action is damages. You have none.