What to do if I can’t get in touch with an ex-roommate to cash a check?
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What to do if I can’t get in touch with an ex-roommate to cash a check?
I was told that she either needs to sign the check and go with me to get it cashed, or send a signed letter to the apartment stating how much money each of us get and that she wants it made out to us separately. She is not responding to my attempts to get in touch and the apartment has heard nothing. I don’t know what my options are at this point. What steps can I take to get my portion of the refund?
Asked on April 25, 2012 under Real Estate Law, Colorado
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
The best way to resolve the issue with respect to your share of the presumed refund of your security deposit where you cannot get in touch with your former roommate to cash the check that you are writing about is to do as follows:
1. contact your former roommate to see if he or she will accept the retirn of the check you have and write two checks (one to you and one to the former roommate) for one half of the amount of the refund explaining that you cannot find your former roomate.
Hopefully the former landlord will be understanding and will follow the above suggestion.
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