Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Arizona

I have a rental agreement with 2 other people who I rented a house back in April 2010 with. Myself and roommate B continued to pay rent until around October. Roommate C decided to move her stuff out and told us she wasn't going to continue living there for reasons of; " you had too many people over all the time" and " you guys are alcoholics". Both I and roommate B are of age and do once in a while have friends over. Since October, we have been paying rent and so has roommate C after we told her we would legally seek the money due if she did not pay. Now it is 1 month before our lease is up, and once again roommate C refuses to pay her last months rent. The contract states ( after reading it over and over ) that she is responsible for 1/3 of the rent, all three of us bound, signed this agreement. However, our landlord refuses to call roommate C and ask for the money, he just " wants my money". What should I do? And if I do have to pay the rest of the amount to avoid eviction on my record, how do I recover my money? Small claims? Law Suit? Please help!


Asked on 2/03/11, 5:07 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Donald Scher Donald T. Scher & Associates, P.C.

You are liable to pay the landlord and must go after the delinquent roommate in Small Claims or Municipal or Justice Court, depending upon the amount of your claim.

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Answered on 2/08/11, 4:21 pm


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