Meromorphic continuation of Selberg zeta functions with twists having non-expanding cusp monodromy

We initiate the study of Selberg zeta functions $Z_{\Gamma,\chi}$ for geometrically finite Fuchsian groups $\Gamma$ and finite-dimensional representations $\chi$ with non-expanding cusp monodromy. We show that for all choices of $(\Gamma,\chi)$, the Selberg zeta function $Z_{\Gamma,\chi}$ converges on some half-plane in $\mathbb{C}$. In addition, under the assumption that $\Gamma$ admits a strict transfer operator approach, we show that $Z_{\Gamma,\chi}$ extends meromorphically to all of $\mathbb{C}$.