Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Virginia

Landlord/Roomate agreement

I was involved in a 1 year lease that ended early this month. The lease required that the tenant give 60 days written notice of an intention to not renew the lease. I did that but my roomate did not. I am presently living somewhere else now. My roomate came to some verbal agreement with the landlord to live there through the middle of next month until he found another place to live. My old roomate wants ''my half'' of the rent, even though the lease period is over. The landlord claims that my old roomate and I are still dually responsible for the rent and is threatening court action because the rent has not been paid in full yet. Is this valid?


Asked on 4/22/04, 11:50 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Michael Hendrickson Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson

Re: Landlord/Roomate agreement

No, it is not valid; your responsibility for the lease ended at the point of its natural termination, unless you somehow gave your former roommate authority (e.g. power of attorney) to act for you in negotiating an extension of the lease with the intent that you were to be bound by the terms of this extension.

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Answered on 4/22/04, 7:35 pm


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