Address change questions.

spikeydude19

To start a few months back I was a friend of mine asked me to help out with getting an apartment. His dad was co signer and paying for it but lives out of state and they wanted someone local with a job on the lease (him being out of work at the time). Knowing them for years I agreed. The other night a neighbor got drunk and threw around a grille on his porch. Hes just getting out of some legal trouble and called me so that his girlfriend (present at the time of the incident) and I could talk to the police so that there was a witness and someone on the lease lease present. It didn"t occur to me until later that that is not actually my address as I am not living there. Does anyone know if this would cause an issue with change of address laws since changing that to my address would in fact be inaccurate? also if anyone happens to know his girlfriend stated that they wanted charges pressed if possible. in that case does anything get mailed out to anyone that called and talked to the police on site? haven't had to mess with any of this before and dont want anyone i do live with asking questions about mail from police or anyone. They get to be a nosey sometimes and I'd rather avoid that.

spikeydude19

Was reading the rules and what not. Forgot to add that I live in Illinois. Anyway if anyone knows anything it would be very helpful. Done wanna cause any major problems for my self for trying to help out a friend.

adytum

It's hard to understand your question, but it's very possible to own or be leasing a residential unit that is not your primary residence. You shouldn't run afoul of any "change of address" laws (I don't think anybody cares about this unless you get caught for something unrelated, and as far as I know it's only applicable if you hold a drivers license) as long as you aren't actually living there.

Improvolone

Several people have multiple addresses and send different mail to each address.
I'm confused with what you said, but I don't see this being a problem.

amateurhour

If you weren't there when it happened you don't need to lie to the cops for your friend to help his girlfriend file a report.

That's tampering with a police investigation, and regardless of whether or not your name is on the lease as a co-signer you don't live there, which is something they would figure out unless you changed your address and started sending all of your mail there, which may or may not constitute fraud, but I'm not an attorney.

Still though, that's a slippery slope and my advice is to step away from it. Your friend still has rights regardless of legal troubles in the past and can file a report.

edit: If I misread what you're asking I apologize.

spikeydude19

I apologize for being confusing. The only reason I was there is so that there was someone on the lease present. My friends girlfriend acted as the witness but is not on the lease. If there was a miscommunication on at the time of reporting the incident i couldn't say but I actually did very little talking and never claimed to be there during the incident. as for the answer regarding having more than one residential unit that was more or less the major question. The only other thing I asked was if they usually mail anything out after filing such a complaint? I've never had to mess with anything like this and was wondering how the process works. Sorry again if anything is confusing. I'm Happy to try and clarify anything.

amateurhour

Ah, well forget most if not all of what I said then. Sorry for the confusion on my part.

I've been involved on both sides of a few general police complaints over broken glass and angry drunken words specifically and I was never mailed a report.

I would assume that if anything was mailed out it would go to the apartment.

Improvolone

I'm sure the cops also have a phone number for you, although I'm unsure why they would need to contact you as you aren't involved in this.

MichaelLC

Generally, no, the police do not mail anything. You get whatever paperwork was written at the time, and if you need more, you have to go to the station.

Unsolicited advice - I'd try to extract yourself from the situation if your friend is hiding from the police - assuming I read it that he was there, but didn't want to talk to them.

spikeydude19

Thanks for the information/advice everyone. As for the advice on extracting my self from the situation I have to agree. to be honest its not hiding out but rather a matter of bad reputation but still all things I'd rather not mess with.