What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Indiana
I moved out of my apartment complex on July 5th. When I moved out, I switched the utilities out of my name, because we were told to do so by the apartment complex. They now tell us that we need to pay the utilities until the end of our lease (mid August), which is fine. But they are also charging us $100 (75 for July and 25 for August) because the utility bills went to them and not us. They said I signed this when I moved out:
Utilities-
Please make arrangements to have the utilities that you are responsible for disconnected on your scheduled move out date. It is your responsibility to notify the utility companies for final billing and/or reading. All unpaid utility charges will be billed directly to you after your move out. You are responsible for utilities until the last day of your lease agreement or date vacated if after lease expiration. There will be a $75.00 penalty fee if utilities are taken out of the residents name prior to the scheduled move
out date in addition to the utility bill. _______ initial
Is it legal to charge this kind of fee the way that they did?
I moved out of my apartment complex on July 5th. When I moved out, I switched the utilities out of my name, because we were told to do so by the apartment complex. They now tell us that we need to pay the utilities until the end of our lease (mid August), which is fine. But they are also charging us $100 (75 for July and 25 for August) because the utility bills went to them and not us. They said I signed this when I moved out:
Utilities-
Please make arrangements to have the utilities that you are responsible for disconnected on your scheduled move out date. It is your responsibility to notify the utility companies for final billing and/or reading. All unpaid utility charges will be billed directly to you after your move out. You are responsible for utilities until the last day of your lease agreement or date vacated if after lease expiration. There will be a $75.00 penalty fee if utilities are taken out of the residents name prior to the scheduled move
out date in addition to the utility bill. _______ initial
Is it legal to charge this kind of fee the way that they did?