Should i take my landlord to small claim court or get a lawyer? (apartment, tenant)
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I paid my rent ahead of time two months prior. I went to jail for 10days i come out next day my stuff is out on the curb in the rain. He says i abondent the apartment.how?i was in jail. My rent was paid two months ahead of time. I didnt get a notice on my door nothing. Called the police they gave me a police report i have all the pics of my stuff and the damages. Next day he puts up a sign saying i abondent the apartment it was a default. Im homeless now my child is too. I live in texas this isnt right.yhe police said it too but i have to take it too court do i get and attorney our take to small claim court?
I paid my rent ahead of time two months prior. I went to jail for 10days i come out next day my stuff is out on the curb in the rain. He says i abondent the apartment.how?i was in jail. My rent was paid two months ahead of time. I didnt get a notice on my door nothing. Called the police they gave me a police report i have all the pics of my stuff and the damages. Next day he puts up a sign saying i abondent the apartment it was a default. Im homeless now my child is too. I live in texas this isnt right.yhe police said it too but i have to take it too court do i get and attorney our take to small claim court?
Don't worry about legal recourse, your number 1 and really only priority is securing a place for your son and you to live.
Where was your son while you were in jail? Did you tell the landlord you were going to be gone?
The full story is i was in jail for 10days my son was with my family. On the 30 i was released from jail. The 31st i come home and all of my property was in the rain. I called the police & they said they couldnt do that. Well the next day i assume he told the maintenance man too put it back in the house.it was back and put a letter on my door saying a defualt of contract. How i paid my rent btwo months ahead of time. He had not right to even enter my property.he didnt take me to court nothing. I dont want to live there anymore. I seen him a week prior going to jail. I get a check for going to school so they send it to him.he said because the property was damaged and i hadnt paid for the fixtures.ok thats y i have a depoist.
I wouldn't go thru Legal Eviction... It would just make it harder to get an apt in the Future or even now. Just get the stuff & take him to court as I said in the other post.
I wouldn't go thru Legal Eviction... It would just make it harder to get an apt in the Future or even now. Just get the stuff & take him to court as I said in the other post.
No one is going through any 'legal eviction' nor did they suggest it so I am not sure where you are getting that from(?)
I said to seek an attorney because the LL illegally evicted OP by self-eviction instead of going through the proper legal procedures plus putting his stuff at the curb, damage of property, locking him out of his apartment, keeping his rent and security deposit, etc. There are some pretty steep penalties for illegally evicting (or self-evicting) someone. And there is NO eviction that will go on the OP's record IF it was in fact an illegal eviction but only an attorney can advise OP whether it was or not by getting all of the details from OP.
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