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Hi, we rent a house and ever since we moved in the people next door have gone out of their way to harass us. We've always tried to be polite and keep to ourselves and I can't think of any reason they would be doing this. They called the a sheriff out saying our car was blocking the street, the sheriff said it wasn't. They called our landlord stating our cats were a nuisance, but they've never been outside. They even called animal control on a stray cat and claimed it was ours. I need to know what legally can we do to get these people to stop or can we break the lease.
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Legally speaking, there's little that you can do-if they are staying off of your property, they're not tresspassing. If they lie about you, it could be slander but slander suits are rarely worth the money you'd spend. If they keep up with the nonsense they're doing at some point you may be able to pile all of their actions into a complaint and get an injunction but you'll spend thousand of dollars in legal fees with a suit. Unfortunately, I don't know of a good remedy short of moving just as soon as your lease is up. Perhaps your landlord may be able to intervene on your behalf. This isn't much help but I don't see any easy remedies.
Answered on Oct 14th, 2014 at 1:11 PM