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InteriorAttack t1_itybige wrote

> I tried calling and sent multiple letters to the utility company telling them that I was not living there during that time period and attached a copy of the lease for the place I was staying during that time

that's doesn't matter if your name was on the utility bill. sorry.

> So basically the tenants that were living in the house the year after I moved out had racked up a massive utility bill in my name.

you should have taken your name off the bill when you moved out. if they are in your name they are your responsibility

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Anxious-Winter4039 OP t1_itycycf wrote

Fair point but if they are my responsibility then the tenants would be liable for theft, no?

Wrongfully took, did not belong to them, did not have consent, deprived owner

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itsdan159 t1_itz53og wrote

You’re not going to get criminal charges against them. since you presumably had the same lease terms does the lease say tenants are responsible for opening utility accounts in their name?

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