Re: Unjust Pet Fine?
Posted by v on 7/28/08

On top of that. see if your state
has pooper scooper laws. If so, all
it takes is one eye witness
complaint.


On 7/28/08, sharwinston wrote:
> Because, by posting your Q on
this board, you invited ALL
> responses -- even ones you may
not like.
>
> fyi: One uncorroborated eye
witness may be all the evidence
that
> management needs. Many a
convicted felon sits in jail for
life
> on one uncorroborated eye
witness' testimony. Furthermore,
it
> is highly probable that your
friend and/or her son will be found
> culpable for this poopy problem.
>
> What you believe about the son's
honor is irrelevant.
> What you think the penalty should
be is, likewise, irrelevant.
>
> Your friend apparently signed a
lease and well knew the rules
> for pet-owing tenants. If your
friend doesn't want to move,
> your friend should seriously
consider paying the fine instead of
> looking for legal recourse
against her landlord. And, if you
> really want to know if your
friend has any legal recourse, you
> should read your friend's lease
very, very carefully -- at least
> two times.
>
>
> On 7/28/08, Alan wrote:
>> Maybe a picture, maybe more than
one tenant saying this. It
>> seems to me that this
uncorroborated reporting would at
most be
>> worthy of a warning notice
rather than a fine for the first
>> offense, given that the son, who
I believe to be an honorable
>> person, says he did not do it.
My question was if there was
> any
>> legal recourse she could take
without a lot of expense (i.e.
>> less than the $100), so
obviously hiring a lawyer would not
be
>> warranted.
>>
>> If you don't want to help, why
respond?
>>
>> On 7/28/08, Curmudgeon wrote:
>>> And what kind of proof would
satisfy you? Do they need to
>>> collect the waste and have it
DNA tested? Perhaps your
>>> friend would be happier if they
hired security guards with
>>> videocameras to follow
everyone. How about, instead of
>>> fining the tenants, they
collected the waste and deposited
>>> it on the hood of the tenant's
car?

Posts on this thread, including this one

• VA: Unjust Pet Fine?, 7/28/08, by Alan.
• Re: Unjust Pet Fine?, 7/28/08, by Curmudgeon.
• Re: Unjust Pet Fine?, 7/28/08, by Alan.
• Re: Unjust Pet Fine?, 7/28/08, by sharwinston.
• Re: Unjust Pet Fine?, 7/28/08, by v.
• Re: Unjust Pet Fine?, 7/29/08, by Jane Doe.