Q: The landlord for my business is refusing to provide me with a signed copy of my lease unless I pay him money. Legal?
We had a signed lease in place with our names listed and requested, at discretion of the ABC commission that our LLC be added to the lease as well. Our landlord drew a handwritten line on the lease as a place for the LLC to sign, no other modifications were made. Now he is refusing to give us a copy back that we can send to the ABC commission unless we pay him $100. Is this legal?
A: No. The landlord should provide you with a copy of the signed lease. Unless there is some provision in the lease that allows him to charge a fee for modifications to the lease, the fee would not be appropriate. Also, if it is not in the lease, it was not agreed to prior to the modification, so it can't be assessed now.
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