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I have a tenant who is moving out, but she is not giving me a forwarding address. I think she is not going to pay any outstanding balances, and the security deposit i have woudl not cover the loss if she decided to not pay. looking for help on what are my options

You could try sending notice to your tenant that a forwarding notice is required. Or sometimes the post office will give you the info - or at least forward any mail you may send to this tenant. You could also take her to court.

Posted by Donna , NC on Thursday, July 9, 2009

if the tennent only gives a P.o. box how can i serve a notice to her ?

Posted by Jayesh A, IL on Thursday, July 9, 2009

I was able to get my tenant’s forwarding address from the post office by referencing this page (https://about.usps.com/handbooks/as353/as353c5_002.htm in the bottom section b [Customer Names and Addresses]-3-b-ii) and this page (https://faq.usps.com/s/article/Address-information-requests-forms). I pointed out that these pages state “To persons serving legal process. This includes persons empowered by law, the attorney for a part on whose behalf service is to be made, or a party who is acting pro se (the term pro se means that a party is self-represented, and is not represented by an attorney)” and that I was indeed taking them to court. I sent this to the Manager Consumer & Industry Contact person at the main post office in Cleveland. I expect your local “main” post office has a similar person. Remember for the docket number, the wookbook states "if one has been issued".

Posted by Robert S, OH on Thursday, December 19, 2019