How can a court enforce a rental agreement from another state?
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How can a court enforce a rental agreement from another state?
My friend is being sued by a landllord in one state and they are having his hearings in another. Also, he didn’t break the lease and the landlord proved that for him.
Asked on April 2, 2012 under Real Estate Law, Indiana
Answers:
S.L,. Member, California Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
A lawsuit can be filed in the state where the plaintiff resides or in the state where the defendant resides or in the state where the claim arose.
The landlord is the plaintiff and your friend is the defendant. The lawsuit can be filed in either of their states if they live in different states. If the rental property is located in another state, the lawsuit could have been filed in that state. So, if the lawsuit was filed in one of those states, the court in that state hss jurisdiction.
You said that your friend did not break the lease. There must be some other issue pertaining to the enforcement of the rental agreement or some violation of some term of the rental agreement which is the subject of the lawsuit.
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