Re: Cancel deposit return check? - Landlord Forum thread 338231

Re: Cancel deposit return check? by Anonymous on August 20, 2015 @00:31

The check in your state is good for how many days? Paying the cost of a canceled check may be more costly than the fee. Wait this one out, even if it takes 180 days(in my state).
As for the utility costs, in many areas this can revert to the owner of the property. Learn from this and next time speak with the utility company. I let one of the utility companies know a tenant is leaving when I put the utility back in my name.
You are rid of them. Learn from this and watch more carefully with the next tenant. I had one tenant that I was so glad to see go. Going back and getting the rest of the security deposit to help cover the unpaid utilities would no longer be legal.
Small claims court is the avenue to settle unpaid utilities. And you have to weigh whether small claims can get money from someone that does not have the money. There is a fee for small claims, as well as your time, so you have to weigh out whether it is worth your time and money to pursue a deadbeat. I'm sorry to say, but it sounds like you will probably end up incurring the cost of the unpaid utilities.

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