Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in California

Dilemma

We Previously resided in Fairfield california in an apartment complex. We (My wife and I)relocated to Provo Utah for my job (Caltrans). We had a very good relationship with the apartment complex (The Pointe) until the move, we gave proper notification and lived up to the agreement of our lease. Paying all fees including an extra months rent as we had one month left on our lease. After a period of over forty days the pointe sent a letter saying they had open issues and we owed them an additional $ 980.00. We contacted the calif. consumer affairs and talked with a rep. there. she asked for our sign out papers and the letter we recieved from The pointe. The Rep. then contacted us and told us that the Pointe according to state statures had 21 days to respond with any grevences. We sent the letter with this information to the Pointe. We recieved no response from The Pointe for another 45 to 60 days. At that time they contacted us and told us they did not care about what California consumer affairs and what the state statures said. Again we contacted the Rep. from Cal cunsumer affairs and was told they have no legal claim. Since then they have turned over our account to a collectons, who is threatening legal action. What can we do!


Asked on 10/03/06, 8:54 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
H.M. Torrey The Law Offices of H.M. Torrey

Re: Dilemma

Under the set of unfortunate circumstances, you should have a legal validation of debt letter sent, and if there is no further response from the Pointe, then you can actively challenge the negative marks on your credit reports. For prompt, affordable assistance in this matter, contact us directly for a free phone consultation.

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Answered on 10/03/06, 9:30 am


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