Initially submetering cost can be large depending on how many rental units , also depends on if your going to do it your self, If a hot water boiler heating system has individual Tstats Flow meters (they look like water meter) can be installed on each units line in the boiler room easy enough and in someplaces possibly by your self then they must be read every month to see who is using how much) conservation model Tstats simpler to install but no way to moniter how much is used and be checked on a couple times during the heating season to look for signs that a tenant may have tampered with it or something else I wont say here but will say in a pvt message. Some time ago I looked at submetering systems and the ones that were designed for water used wireless to report the use to a central point so its really all in what you want to spend. If possible doing units one at a time or in small groups to coincide with lease changes as leases renew is certainly one way to do it. As far as the tenants vehicle leave it alone , its more hassle than its worth. Now on to the bad check , did you send to the tenant a demand letter yet demanding them to clean up the check ? See 3 C ii in this and make sure you verify what I posted is still the law in your state incase it has changed >>>Bad checks - 18 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 4105
§ 4105. Bad checks.
(a) Offense defined.--
(1) A person commits an offense if he issues or passes a
check or similar sight order for the payment of money,
knowing that it will not be honored by the drawee.
(2) A person commits an offense if he, knowing that it
will not be honored by the drawee, issues or passes a check
or similar sight order for the payment of money when the
drawee is located within this Commonwealth. A violation of
this paragraph shall occur without regard to whether the
location of the issuance or passing of the check or similar
sight order is within or outside of this Commonwealth. It
shall be no defense to a violation of this section that some
or all of the acts constituting the offense occurred outside
of this Commonwealth.
(b) Presumptions.--For the purposes of this section as well
as in any prosecution for theft committed by means of a bad
check, the following shall apply:
(1) An issuer is presumed to know that the check or
order (other than a post-dated check or order) would not be
paid, if:
(i) payment was refused because the issuer had no
such account with the drawee at the time the check or
order was issued; or
(ii) payment was refused by the drawee for lack of
funds, upon presentation within 30 days after issue, and
the issuer failed to make good within ten days after
receiving notice of that refusal.
Notice of refusal may be given to the issuer orally or in
writing by any person. Proof that notice was sent by
registered or certified mail, regardless of whether a receipt
was requested or returned, to the address printed on the
check or, if none, then to the issuer's last known address,
shall raise a presumption that the notice was received.
(2) A check or order stamped "NSF" or "insufficient
funds" shall raise a presumption that payment was refused by
the drawee for lack of funds.
(3) A check or order stamped "account closed" or "no
such account" or "counterfeit" shall raise a presumption that
payment was refused by the drawee because the issuer had no
such account with the drawee at the time the check or order
was issued.
(c) Grading.--
(1) An offense under this section is:
(i) a summary offense if the check or order is less
than $200;
(ii) a misdemeanor of the third degree if the check
or order is $200 or more but less than $500;
(iii) a misdemeanor of the second degree if the
check or order is $500 or more but less than $1,000;
(iv) a misdemeanor of the first degree if the check
or order is $1,000 or more but is less than $75,000; or
(v) a felony of the third degree if the check or
order is $75,000 or more.
(2) When the offense is a third or subsequent offense
within a five-year period, regardless of the amount of the
check or order and regardless of the grading of the prior
offenses, an offense under this section is a misdemeanor of
the first degree unless the amount of the check or order
involved in the third or subsequent offense is $75,000 or
more, then the offense is a felony of the third degree.
. there is more but the rest appears to apply to merchants. Yes police depts wont do alot theres just too many bad check writers out there , I know if you were a merchant and sent out the demand inc a copy of the statute and the check writer ignored you , it would be easier to go to local prosecutor and learn if they will prosecute. since this is rental eviction based on non payment (your evidence the returned check ) will take less time than trying to get local prosecutor to go after check writer getting them out. The thing with the electric like I said once before is a sep issue, the lease contract she signed clearly didnt include it so it is reasonable that you would not pay her elect and if she failed to open a elect account I really can see elect co shutting her off no matter what winter shut off rules may say because there was no acct to start with. (if by chance she gets electric in her name carry on with evicting her anyway and once you win and get her out when you call the electric co again to report the unit as vacanted and to bill you again dont be surprised if theres some grief over it.
