Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Virginia
Lease with rental company
My daughter is a college student with 2 female roomates. In July 2008 when their apartment lease was up for renewal and was to be signed one girls never signed...Now after six months she has suddenly moved out leaving the other girls hanging. The rental company never noticed she had not signed until my daughter told on the girl once she moved out she refused to give and money for Jan. utlilties or Feb. rent saying she never signed lease! We never knew she hadn't signed. Is this a valid lease if all three parties are listed but only two signed? Then rental company say the two honest girls are just stuck & they want their rent paid in full $1070.00. Do we have any legal recourse?
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Re: Lease with rental company
Yes, "the two honest girls" may be stuck with paying between the two of them what is owed by the third girl as her share of the remaining balance owed on the lease for the remainder of its term, but they can sue her for what the law calls contribution as reimbursement for what they have had to pay in this girl's behalf in order to finish out the term of the lease.
(Since sued for damages must be concrete and not speculative, the two
girls remaining on the lease should wait until the lease has expired and then total up all of their expenditures/costs incurred which they've paid incurred in behalf of their reneging former roommate and then make their written demand for reimbursement which if she refuses should be their go signal for small claims court.
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