Q: i paid my deposit beginning of march and it wasn’t deposited til july. what can i do to go about that?
the mail from the bank said thank you for opening a checking account and didn’t provide any further info. his email said the states qualified interest rate, our amount paid, the lotion and the date but nothing further. i was told it should’ve been 30 days in a interest bearing-don’t think it is
A:
The landlord does have 30 days to deposit your security deposit into a separate interest-bearing account. If you want to check on when he deposited the money, you are telling me that you got notice that there is a checking account in your name and they sent you checks. I'd call the bank. Tell them that you received checks in the mail and you don't recall setting up an account. I am kind of confused why your landlord would set up a checking account and they would send checks to you. Theoretically to go down to the bank write yourself a check and clear out the account.
If the landlord does not comply with the terms of the Rent Security Act (RSA) you have several different options. 1 of which is to tell the landlord to apply your security deposit to the rent. That must be done in writing. Verify exactly what is going on with the bank, it could be they messed up, and if there are RSA issues send the notice.
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