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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have no idea what the legal answer is. But if a young person puts their parent down as an emergency contact and then proceeds to have trouble coming up with rent money because they are severely depressed, injured, deathly ill or whatever...the landlord doesn't know exactly what the problem is just that the kid isn't paying the rent...can the landlord be held responsible for not notifying the "emergency contact" if something bad happens to this kid?

I'm just thinking in terms of some of the suits brought against universities when the emergency contacts have not been notified.

FWiW, I was out on my own renting in my early 20's.  I may(?) have put my parents down as an emergency contact, I don't remember.  But I would have been MAD if my landlord had contacted them about my rent payment.[/quote]

If OP has tried to contact the tenant through whatever means they have (phone , email, in person) about the late payments and cannot get a hold of tenant then it is fine to contact the emergency contact because there is actual reason to worry about the person.   But the landlord can't be expected to be on top if the mental health of their tenants.  That's a bit ridiculous [/quote]

Plus, a university is far different than a landlord. OP needs to take the required steps of past due collection, and then head to a collections agency. [/quote]

I agree.[/quote]

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