What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Iowa
I had an apartment from August 2005 to July 2007. Beginning in December of 2006 I sublet my single apartment to another person. After the sublet took effect, the new tenant housed a dog there (against the lease agreement) as well as let the electricity be turned off causing the refrigerator to be unusable. The tenant also left the apartment filled with debris at the end of the lease resulting in hundreds of dollars of cleanup fines. The rental agency is now charging me close to 1,500 dollars to repay them for damages incurred. I am under the belief that I (as the original signer of the lease) am responsible to pay the agency back for the damages but can take the person who sublet from me to small claims for the damages. Am I correct in believing that and if so what documentation etc would be needed to prove the tenant caused and is responsible for the fines created from his/her negligence? Thank you.What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
I had an apartment from August 2005 to July 2007. Beginning in December of 2006 I sublet my single apartment to another person. After the sublet took effect, the new tenant housed a dog there (against the lease agreement) as well as let the electricity be turned off causing the refrigerator to be unusable. The tenant also left the apartment filled with debris at the end of the lease resulting in hundreds of dollars of cleanup fines. The rental agency is now charging me close to 1,500 dollars to repay them for damages incurred. I am under the belief that I (as the original signer of the lease) am responsible to pay the agency back for the damages but can take the person who sublet from me to small claims for the damages. Am I correct in believing that and if so what documentation etc would be needed to prove the tenant caused and is responsible for the fines created from his/her negligence? Thank you.What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?