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I have lived in my duplex for 8 years, recently bought a house and moved out a month ago. I stopped by the landlords office/business (his vehicle was outside) knocked on the door, rang the doorbell, he did not answer, so I called his cell phone. Waited a day, repeated the same scenerio and placed my intent to vacate letter inside the door, as I do with my rent every month. He has never returned a phone call nor responded to my letter. I went to the duplex to clean yesterday (he's had 31 day notice) theres' a late rent notice on the front door. Now I have been moved since 20 Nov. and he had the Dec. rent. So I called him yesterday twice and left messages, not a call back from him. I know that he has done this with other tenants and has never done the final walk through with people. Any ideas/suggestions on how to get thru to this man? He is also a business owner in town.
Send him a copy of the original intent to vacate notice that you left inside his door (you DID make a copy since you know this is a habit of his) certified RRR mail AND via regular mail. State in the certified RRR mail that you are also sending regular mail and that you "DID on XX date leave a copy at his regular place of business, the same location where I have been paying the rent each month".
As others have stated, you need to physically drop a letter in the mailbox. Tacking it to his door is sufficient if you can prove you did it. Supposing you left voice mails, phone records should corroborate.
That's overkill. Registered return receipt mail is enough.
No actually it's not. Many people will never sign for a certified letter - they think it's a demand letter, bill collector, something like that. So if you send it both ways and the certified comes back unclaimed but the regular mail one doesn't you're pretty sure they got it. You then save the returned certified letter intact as it was returned to you as it may come in handy if a demand letter has to follow and you end up taking the person to court.
No actually it's not. Many people will never sign for a certified letter - they think it's a demand letter, bill collector, something like that. So if you send it both ways and the certified comes back unclaimed but the regular mail one doesn't you're pretty sure they got it. You then save the returned certified letter intact as it was returned to you as it may come in handy if a demand letter has to follow and you end up taking the person to court.
This is true.
My old LL started refusing my certified letters once I demanded heat repair. He ignored 2 certified letters, so on my third letter (which was to demand deposit back after we left) I sent via certified as well as priority mail with delivery confirmation. On the bottom of the letter, I typed in the certified mail number and the delivery confirmation number so he cannot claim he did not get it. I suggest you do the same.
If I 'm not mistaken regarding the law on whether a person claims they didn't get a certified letter or something like that, remember that if you fulfill the burden of proof as the law applies to you, the plaintiff (term used loosely), they can claim all they want that they didn't get it but it probably won't carry them far. Kind of falls into that "ignorance is no defense" department! If I can prove I complied with the law, then I have done my part.
If I 'm not mistaken regarding the law on whether a person claims they didn't get a certified letter or something like that, remember that if you fulfill the burden of proof as the law applies to you, the plaintiff (term used loosely), they can claim all they want that they didn't get it but it probably won't carry them far. Kind of falls into that "ignorance is no defense" department! If I can prove I complied with the law, then I have done my part.
Yes, if it came to court, having the proof that they ignored the certified letter would be good for the sender. If you want to make sure the LL reads the letter (as in my case... "give me my deposit back within 10 days or I'll see you in court to get it back plus fees and damages"), I would recommend both certified and normal, noting sender numbers on each.
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