CanI be held financially responsible for moving a mobile home aftervacating itif the title was not put in my name?
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CanI be held financially responsible for moving a mobile home aftervacating itif the title was not put in my name?
The woman I was in the process of buying a mobile home from allowed me to hold onto the title whileIi made payments and lived in the home. I have now moved out and stopped making payments, as well as returning the title to the woman who I was buying the mobile home from. Now the landlord of the mobile home park insists I am responsable for moving the mobile home and paying other fines for leaving the mobile home. Can I be held financially responsable?
Asked on July 1, 2011 under Real Estate Law, Missouri
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 13 years ago | Contributor
If you have a contract that you signed with the landlord of the mobile home park where the trailer is or was located, you would be responsible to the landlord for all aspects surrounding the lease and the trailer even if you no longer own it such as unpaid rent.
If the former owner (now current owner that you returned title of the mobile home to) agreed in writing to be bound by your written agreement with the landlord and the landlord in writing released you from the agreement, then you would no longer be responsible under it. I do not see this being the case from what you wrote.
The terms of your agreement with the landlord control the situation. You need to read the lease assuming there is one in writing to determine your and the landlord's obligations and recourse. From what you have conveyed, there is a good chance you can be responsible to the landlord for his claims/damages arising from any agreement you have with him/her as to the mobile home.
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