If the Landlord Had Someone Sign the Lease For Me Is It Still Valid?
Full Question:
My landlord filed an unlawful detainer action (eviction) against me. She filed a rental agreement as Exhibit 1, stating that I am not in compliance with our agreement; therefore I should be evicted. However, I never saw the agreement before nor did I sign. Her daughter signed it without my knowledge. Could her daughter's signing the agreement be used in court against the daughter and landlord?
01/09/2007 |
Category: Landlord Tenant |
State: California |
#262
Answer:
A person commits forgery if, acting with the purpose of defrauding and with the knowledge that she is facilitating a fraud, she:
alters a writing of another without the owner's authorization; or
makes, completes, executes, authenticates, issues or transfers any writing so that it purports to be the act of another who did not authorize that act.
Forgery is a crime and could make such a lease void.