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Originally Posted by Tac-Sea
I've seen mixed information about this from one site to another. Tenant here in Washington, with lease. Moving to Texas. Damaged the carpet, tub and sink. Can I still file suit against her here in WA and have a process server serve her in Texas?
If not that, I'm told (according to the tenant unions web site regurgitation of the laws) I can even just send her to collections. She doesn't have the money to pay the bill and the deposit will not cover the damages.
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No reputable collections will take it without a court ordered judgement. Even if they did take it they just need to dispute it and you would have to prove the bill was correct which could be very tricky. If they don't have the money what do you expect to get for wasting your time and money?
Basically you sue and have to have proof they were served in order to go to court. You can spend a couple hundred on out of state process servers. You will get to court then get a default judgement if they no show but you still have to collect on that. For the cost of $100-$500 you become the proud owner of a worthless piece of paper aka a legal IOU.
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