do we have a case?

[amy otten]

about four years ago my boyfriend lived with his ex-girlfriend in an apartment in wisconsin. he moved out at the end of the year lease and hand delivered sixty day written notice. rent was never late and paid in full til the end of the lease. she stayed and did not pay her rent and damaged the property. at any rate she was sued in small claims court and evicted 4 months after the year lease ended and four months after he moved out. they never had her sign a new lease. four years later my boyfriend received a collection letter stating he owes $3000.00; he tried to get a loan recently and was denied due to the fact they put this on his credit report. he tried to contact the collection agency and the real estate agency. they told him they don;t remember him giving proper notice and that is why they feel they can collect this money from him. can they out of the blue try to collect this debt from him that he was never sued for ? what can we do about this? please any advice would be great!
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[Cvillecpm]

If he has proof that lease ended and that he properly terminated his residency, that should be all that is required

He needs to "dispute" the charge and the credit reporting agency then has 30/60 days to research it as being disputed. He needs to stay on top of this so that it is removed.

 

[bloomy]

He needs to go to the court in which the judgement was issued and find the case file..

He need to see if his name is on it , or if he was properly served to appear in court.

Plus does he have any recipts, leases acknowlegement that the lease will end on a certain date?

Thats why you should always keep old leases papers, etc....I mean how big a file do you think all this stuff is , maybe a $3.00 folder at staples, yet it could save you $3000....!!!!!

That is a good return on your investment in being organized and not tossing stuff out!