Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Indiana

I have been having trouble with my landlord, we have given him 2 months notice to fix a water meter problem in our basement. The water company is estimating our bill, and have shut off the water as well as threatened to do it again. If the water gets shut off, with all the notice we have given him, can we break the lease with reprocussions? Also, I asked him for copy of my part of the signed lease and he sent me the lease, only it was incomplete and didn't have my part with the signature. If he, lost it, threw it away etc. Does that void my lease?


Asked on 8/09/10, 6:03 am

1 Answer from Attorneys

First question is whether the water meter is his responsibility or whomever provides the water. You should check into that.

If it is his responsibility, you may be able to break the lease. If not, then you probably cannot.

However, you may be entitled to a damages against the water company if it is their responsibility.

If he cannot prove that there is a written lease, then it is your word against his that it is an oral lease and who knows who the judge will beleive. If oral, you can get our on thirty days notice that you are leaving.

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Answered on 9/08/10, 4:41 am


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