toolittletoofar
Junior Member
Moved out from an apartment in Texas to North Dakota. Too far away to be able to physically take them to small claims court myself. I am trying to find out if I can take them to small claims court without appearing in person, or if I need to retain an attorney, how likely I am to pay for the attorney. I also need to know what kind of time limit I have on this.
From my reading, if it is past 30 days from a forwarding address being provided, not from move-out, and I don't receive it, they owe me 3x the deposit, 100 dollars, plus attorney fees. (Assuming I am owed one, I am, and assuming they did not provide me a list, which they did not)
I moved out in May, emailed the apartment manager regarding my deposit and had her verify that they owed me about 250 dollars. She stated they had no forwarding address despite it being written on the envelope I turned my keys in on. I am counting from the email, since I can prove she received that. The email date is June. It's September. I have received no other contact from them since then.
I cannot take off from work to travel to Houston, TX for a court date for a little over a thousand dollars. Do I have any options?
From my reading, if it is past 30 days from a forwarding address being provided, not from move-out, and I don't receive it, they owe me 3x the deposit, 100 dollars, plus attorney fees. (Assuming I am owed one, I am, and assuming they did not provide me a list, which they did not)
I moved out in May, emailed the apartment manager regarding my deposit and had her verify that they owed me about 250 dollars. She stated they had no forwarding address despite it being written on the envelope I turned my keys in on. I am counting from the email, since I can prove she received that. The email date is June. It's September. I have received no other contact from them since then.
I cannot take off from work to travel to Houston, TX for a court date for a little over a thousand dollars. Do I have any options?