What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Maryland
My landlord calls in a Air duct company to do cleaning on the property I'm renting. Upon entry I informed the cleaning crew what to clean,where to go and left to go back to work. Well the cleaning company took it a step further.
In the master bedrooms closet,I have a plywood wall built into the closet. Times were hard and I was thinking about cultivating Marijuana. Well I got my ASE certification and ditched the whole project all together, but left the Charcoal filter and fan installed, to use as a smoke closet, so the odor wouldn't travel through the townhouse. The cleaning company left,did a awesome job and nothing was touched, or missing. Yeah right....Fast Forward two months.
The cleaning company opens the closest and unlocks the wall I had built,takes pictures *No cultivation was found*, sends these pictures illegally obtained to the landlord and then called the police. This chain of events lead to a investigation and now I'm digging myself out of a pile of ****.
I have a audio recording of the cleaning guy, admitting to opening the closet illegally and taking the pictures. Now I was using the landlords fathers voice and the cleaning guy was unaware that he was being recorded. This I know falls under the "Dual party Consent" law aka Linda Tripp Law. So I know it cant be used to blackmail or etc.
Questions,
-Does the Cleaning company have the right to do this
-What type of Attorney do I need
-Would the recording hold up in a court of law,even though it was illegally obtained
-Can the lawyer pick through the recording
-Can the landlord be held accountable for anything.
My landlord calls in a Air duct company to do cleaning on the property I'm renting. Upon entry I informed the cleaning crew what to clean,where to go and left to go back to work. Well the cleaning company took it a step further.
In the master bedrooms closet,I have a plywood wall built into the closet. Times were hard and I was thinking about cultivating Marijuana. Well I got my ASE certification and ditched the whole project all together, but left the Charcoal filter and fan installed, to use as a smoke closet, so the odor wouldn't travel through the townhouse. The cleaning company left,did a awesome job and nothing was touched, or missing. Yeah right....Fast Forward two months.
The cleaning company opens the closest and unlocks the wall I had built,takes pictures *No cultivation was found*, sends these pictures illegally obtained to the landlord and then called the police. This chain of events lead to a investigation and now I'm digging myself out of a pile of ****.
I have a audio recording of the cleaning guy, admitting to opening the closet illegally and taking the pictures. Now I was using the landlords fathers voice and the cleaning guy was unaware that he was being recorded. This I know falls under the "Dual party Consent" law aka Linda Tripp Law. So I know it cant be used to blackmail or etc.
Questions,
-Does the Cleaning company have the right to do this
-What type of Attorney do I need
-Would the recording hold up in a court of law,even though it was illegally obtained
-Can the lawyer pick through the recording
-Can the landlord be held accountable for anything.