What Started As A Security Deposit Dispute Has Now Developed Into Me Discovering (what I Believe Is) My Landlord Operating A Illegal Contracting Company

Location: Virginia

I’ve been in a heated dispute battle with my landlord for months now. Warrant in debt is already filed and court date is set, they broke VA code and didn’t notify me of damages or returned my deposit within the 45 days.

I had a recent conversation with the landlords property management company trying to settle, and something about the conversation felt extremely off and shady. This was my first time talking to this person.

I decided to look into some things and did research on the contractor invoice I was given when I received my disposition(after 45 days again)

I don’t want to dox myself, so I’ll use fake names. The contractor is Move-Out Work LLC, has an address, phone number, email, and even a logo.

I had tried to contact the contractor in the past personally to ask about the charges but the phone number was disconnected (something I’ve repeatedly brought up to my landlord and get no answers back on).

The PO Box which is listed as the company’s address on my invoice I discovered belongs to a random department at my county’s school district office. The email isn’t real, nor is the phone number. The logo is a rip off/edited version of a legit contractor company with basically the same name operating in Texas.

Since it’s a LLC I went digging into the SCC. The registered agent is my landlords property management registered agent, the same dude I just spoke on the phone with, and the address is the property management company. I looked into some Virginia codes and realized for this to be maybe even a tad legal, this LCC had to be licensed on the DPOR, as the contractor invoice charged me thousands of dollars.

It is not on the DPOR. The property management company strictly says on their website they ONLY use third party contractors. They have a giant paragraph on it. This guy is a licensed real estate agent, and a licensed principal broker.

I’ve saved everything I’ve found, printed copies of it all, but now what do i do with this info? Should I just continue on my warrant in debt case? Quite frankly i hate these people, they’ve treated me with much disrespect so I don’t mind taking them down if it’s possible.