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forevergreen
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What is the name of your state? iowa
the tenant upstairs in our duplex has run away. this puts me in a bind because i've been paying for the whole house's bills. we are obligated to split the bills 50/50. he has not paid any of his bills after many times of requesting. now he has run away and the landlords claimed that there is no way to contact him. now i've been stuck with all the bills to the house and since there is no way to contact him (according to landlords) i have requested that the landlord to pay the other half, since the contract did say i was only to pay 50 percent of utilities. can i by agreement of lease get the other half from the landlords? i have sent copies of bills to landlords. here's where it gets tricky. they sold the house to some new landlords. now everytime i try to get the money from the old landlords, they will not answer their phone or any of the many of messages i have left on their machine. i have tried to get the money from the new landlords but they say they are not responsible. it has been close to 4 months now and the old landlords have not called or anything. (even to this day i leave them messages) is it time to take legal action? and if so is there any section or code of law that you can refer me to so i can know what my case is against them?
the tenant upstairs in our duplex has run away. this puts me in a bind because i've been paying for the whole house's bills. we are obligated to split the bills 50/50. he has not paid any of his bills after many times of requesting. now he has run away and the landlords claimed that there is no way to contact him. now i've been stuck with all the bills to the house and since there is no way to contact him (according to landlords) i have requested that the landlord to pay the other half, since the contract did say i was only to pay 50 percent of utilities. can i by agreement of lease get the other half from the landlords? i have sent copies of bills to landlords. here's where it gets tricky. they sold the house to some new landlords. now everytime i try to get the money from the old landlords, they will not answer their phone or any of the many of messages i have left on their machine. i have tried to get the money from the new landlords but they say they are not responsible. it has been close to 4 months now and the old landlords have not called or anything. (even to this day i leave them messages) is it time to take legal action? and if so is there any section or code of law that you can refer me to so i can know what my case is against them?