Hingham, MA asked in Landlord - Tenant for Tennessee

Q: Does a landlord have to reasonably try to make contact or collect on broken lease balance before serving court papers?

We broke our lease due to my husband losing his job and we could not afford the house. We explained the situation to the PM advised that we would be out by the end of the month. We were given a 14 day notice in which we did move out before the 14 days. Afterwards the property management never sent us a letter with the balance owed, no emails, no phone calls. No contact at all. 2 1/2 years later we are served with court papers for a judgement for balanced owed on the lease. Signed the lease Oct 6 2016 Moved out Feb 22 2017.

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Leonard Robert Grefseng
Leonard Robert Grefseng
Answered
  • Columbia, TN
  • Licensed in Tennessee

A: There is no legal requirement for a creditor to ask for a settlement- they can proceed to enforce their legal remedies immediately .

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