Can rent-a-center file theft charges, if you lost all your possessions to a storage unit auction?
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Can rent-a-center file theft charges, if you lost all your possessions to a storage unit auction?
Will filing bankruptcy remedy the situation?
Asked on August 17, 2013 under Criminal Law, Alabama
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Answered 10 years ago | Contributor
If the rent a center knows that there has been a theft on its premises of items belonging to a client it can file a police report over the incident. As to a banktruptcy filing remedying a theft situation, ordinarily bankruptcy laws will not allow a discharge in such a situation.
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