Q: Am I legally responsible for paying code violation tickets, for my property, issued to my property manager in his name?
The rental property was tenanted up until the house was deemed unsafe. I pay a realtor to manage the property. He is responsible for all the usual duties of a property manager. I rely on him to tell me when maintenance is needed and I have him look after it immediately. Two of the three code violations are for exterior maintenance which the property manager should have been able to easily observe had he been monitoring the house. They are not things which happen overnight. He failed to do his job effectively.
A: The code violations may ultimately result in liens against your property. What the agreement was between you and the property manager will not prevent this if you do not deal with the governmental agency to correct the violations. You would need to proceed with remedies resulting from the breach of your manager's duties against your manager separately from resolving the issues with the agency issuing the code violations.
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