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Re: Tenants steal landlord's electricity
by Michelle L (PA)
on August 25, 2015 @00:22
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Yes, I caught him when his cord was plugged into our outlet, and I also told him if he ever do it again, I will evict right away. Guess what within one hour after I left, he broke into our LOCKED storage room and turned on the breaker for both the outlet and W&D which was turned off by me after I realized the problem.
I thought about eviction, since it is not about paying the rent, not sure how to file? civil claim or criminal charge? what the judge is going to say? I do have pictures as evidence, and my hiked electric bill...
Never met this issue since being a landlord nearly 10 years ago.
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Re: Tenants steal landlord's electricity
by Nicole (PA)
on August 25, 2015 @07:50
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file and mark ALL the boxes I indicated above... for a lease violation. Let the magistrate figure out which one is the right box.
In the future, when you want someone out, ALWAYS include a lease violation - that way if they pay you can still get possession.
ALWAYS file a landlord tenant complaint ... lots of plusses to that over civil and criminal (unless the criminal is REALLY something big - but that doesn't help you).
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Re: Tenants steal landlord's electricity
by Michelle L (PA)
on August 25, 2015 @23:35
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Thank you so much. I already evicted this tenant at least FOUR times for non-payment of rent since he moved in, and EVERY time he either pay before the court hearing date or pay before the time when I can file possession, making me feel so frustrated and difficult to get him out! not even to mention the time and stress I went through. Now he started to do this...
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