Conversion of Chapter 13 to Chapter 7 - Utility Question
I know that in some states, the utility can certainly take an un
I know that in some states, the utility can certainly take an unpaid bill and hold it against the landlord. How BK affects that, I'm not sure. Especially since part of the balance is from a different property that the landlord has no interest in.
I have seen some of my customer's bills that have filed a BK and included a utility. On the statement, I always see an adjustment for the BK'd portion that brings the account balance to zero. And then the balance continues every month with any new charges after the BK.
I would tend to say that because the debt itself will be discharged by operation of law, they could not go after the landlord; or the landlord could argue that the debt was extinguished when tenant discharged the BK.
I'm not certain, though...