Am I responsible for these fines?

Question

I had an unregistered vehicle which I was going to get fined for if it wasn't moved. I had it moved well before the time limit. My landlord just sent me a bill for 200 dollar court costs for the car. I was never notified of the court date and could have cleared it up- if the landlord had let me know.

Answer 1

What was the $200.00 for? Did the Landlord have the car removed such as towed?

Was the Landlord requiring this amount as a storage fee of some sort?and if so how many cars is a tenant allowed to have under a possible lease?

While many rental properties may provide clauses for vehicles that have not been driven for a set number of days,this is hardly ever enforced by Landlords,simply because a tenant may work a late shift in which gives an impression of never being driven.

Of course in your situation the car was not registered,however a landlords demands to remove a vehicle within a time period cannot require one to break the law in order to comply,such as driving an unregistered vehicle.

If you removed the vehicle prior to the time period of legal notification then no you cannot be required to pay that amount.

Answer 2

I guess what you need to do is provide papers of the day & or date that you had it moved !?! But if you did move it yourself before a time before you got notice of some fine you'd have to pay ... I guess if you have nobody to back your story up: Then simple word of mouth may not be ample !?! & I'm SORRY !!!  ;-`{   r R r  ...

Answer 3

I don't think you earn it

Answer 4

I would ask your land lord to see proof of the 200 dollar court costs.

She received a notice that the car needed to be moved. if it was moved within the time limits, she did not in cure any costs. She would not have gone to court for any reason. If she does not have any proof and I dout she does, But continues you ask you to pay it, contact your cities code violations people. What they do is run around the city in a little truck looking for code violations, such as, an unmowed lawn, unregistered autos and other stuff of this nature. Then they send out a notice of the violation that needs to be fixed. If the violation is not fixed, they fine you and continue to fine you until it is fixed or will fix it themselves and charge you the costs of said fixing.  their is no court costs in cured. They can help you straighten this out. Sounds like your land lord is fishing for money she is not due.