Q: If a roomate who is not on the lease decides to move out immedatly without paying is there any leagle recorse
4 people live together and split rent, 3 are on the lease with the company that rent the appartment. The lease is for 15 month. The 4th roomate has lived here and pays her part of the rent for the past year and is now moving out imidatily and the other 3 are stuck on the lease, can the 3 roomates take any legal action to make her pay for 4 more months
A: If there is an oral lease agreement between the 3 who are signatories on the lease with the 4th tenant, those 3 can bring a Warrant in Debt against the 4th in court.
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