Jurisdiction - LA County
The explanation of this situation is kind of long, sorry.
So, I'm trying to serve my former landlord with a lawsuit (it was a sublet situation), and asked a friend to help me serve her. It's a few days before the 15 day advance notice deadline.
We went to her...
Ok, so an update on this situation.
I received and email from my former 'landlord' last week stating that she understood the law and her moral obligation to return my deposit and that she was mailing the check.
I replied and said I would let her know when I received it.
It's been 9 days...
I only have a contract with my roommate, who in this case, is my 'landlord' And she definitely owes me my security deposit. She even had gone through the motions of promising me she'd send it, asking for my address, etc. My sister was there when she asked me to leave a forwarding address.
I...
So, I was a subletter in a house, with a 6 month lease due to end in February.
My roommate broke our lease in December when she got into her own legal battle with the owner of the house and decided to move out, resulting in my having to move out. I was nice at the time and offered to be a...