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Water compnay charging me for past renter bill

By Jennette

Can a CA Water company make the landlord liable for a deliquent water bill from a previous renter? My new renter wants to set up their account and they wont let them unless I pay the balance of the old renter’s amount.  Also found out past renter added me as secondary account holder without my authorization. Am i protected? what can i do to not have to "bail" out past renter.

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Edited on: Friday, November 20th, 2009 2:33 pm
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2 Responses to “Water compnay charging me for past renter bill”

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Dee

November 20th, 2009 6:03 pm

Oh yes! And they will! If you don’t have a landlord agreement with the water company, they will charge you for past or overdue payments. As a property owner, not much you can do about it.

Dee

November 20th, 2009 6:06 pm

I was going to say.. that I think property owners are the “secondary account” holders regardless. I don’t know if your tenant actually did anything wrong- with exception to forgetting to pay his water bill. A landlord agreement will protect you from this in the future.
Sincerely Dee.

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