Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Texas

Adding Friend to Lease

My friend has asked me to add her to my lease agreement, because my address is within the school district her daughter is in. Other than her name being on my lease, NOTHING will change - I'll still pay rent, she's not moving in - is there anything legal that can work against me in this case? I would think if anything it would work against her because if I default, it goes against her as well, correct? But there is nothing she can do to me?


Asked on 1/12/09, 5:33 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
TC Langford Langford Law Office

Re: Adding Friend to Lease

You would be perpetrating a fraud on the school district. Whether or not you get caught, and whether or not they choose to prosecute, is anybody's guess.

I am familar with a case where this happened. The child happened to be the presumptive valedictorian of the class. The salutatorian found out, ratted her out, and became valedictorian.

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Answered on 1/13/09, 12:50 pm


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