Apartment Guarantor Issue

[txams]

On June 28, 2007, I signed a guaranty of resident obligations for my ex-boyfriend on apartment #12302. I recently checked my credit and there is a charge from his apartment complex. To make a long story short, he was evicted and now owes them around $4,000. I received paperwork from them and the paperwork is for a different apartment unit #9101. I was confused because the initial lease agreement expired with me as the guarantor. Am I still obligated for these charges and negative credit even though I never signed anything for apartment #9101? HELP!!!

[OHlandlord]

Are you responsible? It depends. If he transferred or changed from one unit to another and they continued his old lease in the new unit, you are responsible. This could happen if something happened to his unit (say a pipe broke and flooded it, necessitating repairs and his moving). His change of unit would be inconsequential. He would still be under the same lease that you signed to be responsible for.

If his lease ended and he signed another, while changing units, you should not be responsible. How long was the lease that you signed to be responsible for? When was the charge levied?

A couple other possibilities, could the unit number be a typo? Instead of unit 9101, perhaps code 9101 is an administrative code and not an apartment number after all?

He signed a new lease when he moved to unit number 9101. I did not sign that lease at all.

[OHlandlord]

You should immediately dispute the charge with the credit agencies by sending them a certified letter explaining that you signed no guarantor agreement for that unit or lease. Also send one to the leasing company asking to have this removed from your credit report. Was this listed as a judgment from the court or just a debt from the leasing company? If it was from a court judgment, you also need to ask the court to vacate the judgment on the basis that you were not notified of the hearing.