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My land lord denied me a subletter after making a contract with a subletter. Can I take him to Small Claims court? My land lord gave back my security deposit in full before my lease was up and yet he is still billing me a total of $250 for cleaning services. My lease states that my security deposit "will be refunded only after the unit has been cleaned, repaired, and/or is fully suitable to be occupied by the new incoming tenants and all aspects of this lease agreement have been fulfilled." Do I have to pay the bill? My land lord has threatened to turn my bill into a collection agency if I do not pay. Can he do that if I do not have to pay the bill? He has also shared information with my parents trying to have my parents convince me to pay the bill; my parents did not co-sign for my appartment and I am 20 years old. Is it legal for him to be sharing that sort of information with anyone else but me? If you were in my shoes, what would you do?
State/Country of Question: Minnesota Already Tried: I wrote my land lord a letter explaining that I would not pay for any cleaning services due to receiving my security deposite from him. I have written another letter to my land lord explaining that he is to not contact anyone but me about my "conflict" with him. I have recieved legal advice once, and I was told that I don't have to pay the bill and that I can contact the collection agency about my situation, if my bill were to ever be turned into them, and that the agency would probably be in my favor. BUT I have also been told by the same lawyer that I should probably just pay the bill... If he turnes it into the collection agency can I contest it due to what my lease says, and will it ruin my credit?
I can not yet see...can you tell me what state this is in please?
Minnesota
OK, thank you for that. If your agreement provides that after the security deposit is refunded, the landlorf can no longer charge you cleaning services, you can stand behind that agreement. If the landlord attempts to sue you, you can go into court and show them a copy of the agreement and proof that the security deposit was returned prior to the bill. As for the landlord attempting to contact your parents, that would not be illegal...it may be illegal if the landlord was a bill collector (that is, if the landlord was attempting to collect on the debt for another person) but since the "debt" is with the landlord they are allowed to try and collect. That said, if he reports this on your credit, you can demand that he remove and if he refuses, you can sue him for reporting an invalid debt. Please let me know if you have further questions; if so I will do my best to answer them. If not please hit the accept button, its the only way I get credit for my work.
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