Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.7.0.8 $; site uiucdcsb Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!whuxlm!whuxl!houxm!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcsb!johnston From: johnston@uiucdcsb.Uiuc.ARPA Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: Re: Breaking Lease on Apt. Message-ID: <26900026@uiucdcsb> Date: Tue, 13-Aug-85 08:44:00 EDT Article-I.D.: uiucdcsb.26900026 Posted: Tue Aug 13 08:44:00 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 20-Aug-85 07:45:36 EDT References: <858@mtuxo.UUCP> Lines: 19 Nf-ID: #R:mtuxo.UUCP:-85800:uiucdcsb:26900026:000:941 Nf-From: uiucdcsb.Uiuc.ARPA!johnston Aug 13 07:44:00 1985 When you signed the lease you signed a contract saying that you agreed to pay a certain amount of money per month up to and including Jan. 31, 1986. It seems to me then that you are responsible for all of the rent independent of any damage deposit. *If* the landlord is a nice person, he/she may let you off the hook. READ YOUR LEASE CAREFULLY! You may be liable for the rent even if the landlord rents out your apartment to someone else for the same months! On a positive note, leases "often" are just "standard" forms that landlords use. Some of the clauses in the lease may not be legally binding. This depends on your state and local laws. See a lawyer if you need to. There may also be a "Tenant Union" or something like that in your area which you can call for cheap/free advice. - Gary "Not a lawyer" Johnston USENET: ...!{pur_ee,ihnp4,convex}!uiucdcs!johnston CSNET: johnston%uiuc@csnet-relay.arpa ARPA: johnston@uiuc.arpa