Legal Question in Consumer Law in Illinois

can i go to jail for not paying rent a center, i kept the merchandise moved with it and still paying on it until i lost my job..had a month left on merchandise.


Asked on 3/25/10, 1:39 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Thomas Moens Moens Law Offices, Chartered

You cannot go to jail for a debt. If they can somehow convince the State's Attorney that you stole their merchandise, that might be a criminal matter, but I would think that is an unlikely scenario. Perhaps you can call them and make some kind of payment arrangement.

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Answered on 3/30/10, 1:55 pm


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