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<p class="MsoNormal">If it were me, I would still send it to the property address as the last known address and copy it to the Tenant’s attorney by email. No point in potentially having a strict construction argument regarding the statute.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> landten-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org <landten-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>RPPTL Real Estate Leasing Committee<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 08, 2021 2:51 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> landten@lists.flabarrpptl.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [RPPTL Leasing Committee] Residential lease security deposit<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Residential lease with $25,000.00 security deposit. The lease has ended and the Landlord is making a claim against the entire $25,000.00 security deposit. Tenant
is a prominent person who lives out of state and the landlord does not have an address for the tenant.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The tenant’s attorney in New York said in an e-mail that he would accept the 30-day security deposit claim letter on behalf of the tenant as the tenant’s
attorney and that I do not need to send it to the leased premises (the last known address for the tenant) by certified mail RRR<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The lease is silent regarding notice to the tenant. Does the attorney’s acceptance in writing of the 30-day security deposit claim letter eliminate
the need to send it to the tenant’s last known address (which was the leased premises)?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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