If I’m on a 1 year lease with a roommate, canI go after her for half the utility and cable bills if she refuses to pay?
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If I’m on a 1 year lease with a roommate, canI go after her for half the utility and cable bills if she refuses to pay?
Asked on March 2, 2012 under Real Estate Law, South Carolina
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Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
If you and your roommate signed a one year lease where each of you are responsible for one half of the utility and cable bills, and your roomate fails to pay his or her share, you would have a legal basis to take this roommate to small claims court for the dollar amount you paid on his or her behalf as to the costs you have written about.
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