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Can a landlord in Oregon stop payment on a security deposit refund check if the tenants haven't cashed it after 1 year ?
Belinda S, OR on Saturday, January 3, 2015
RE: security deposit
Are you the landlord or the tenant? Many times a bank will not honor checks more than 6 months or a year old and the recipient will have to go to the person or business who issued the check and have them amend and initial the date on the check or issue a new check. If you are the recipient, you should contact the landlord and ask them about amending or reissuing the check.
If you are the landlord and the former tenant has still not cashed the check, try contacting at their forwarding address to ask their intentions regarding the deposit refund check. If you are not able to contact them, check your state requirements about unclaimed funds. You may be required to turn the unclaimed funds over to the state for safekeeping after a specified amount of time. If so, notify the tenant at the last known address and follow your state's law regarding unclaimed funds.
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