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Not quite. According to a quick search [1]: "Under California law, it's illegal for a landlord to require cash and/or electronic deposits as the sole methods to
by cormorant 1y ago
Not quite. According to a quick search [1]: "Under California law, it's illegal for a landlord to require cash and/or electronic deposits as the sole methods to pay rent.1 Landlords must allow a tenant to pay rent using at least one of these other options as well: check, cashier's check, or money order."
When I lived in CA I had a landlord that demanded cashier's check. Do you know how annoying those are to get?
I could have also paid cash but then I'd take the risk that the cash, dropped in a mailbox, would "go missing".
[1] https://caretaker.com/learn/rent/rent-payment-laws-in-california https://caretaker.com/learn/rent/rent-payment-laws-in-califo...
- jeffbee 1y agoDoesn't seem like that much of a problem? My bank has a form in their app to have a cashier's check mailed to whomever.
- xp84 1y agoMost banks charge at least $5-10 for the privilege. Not all, but all the ones with the most market share. And also I think for most of them you have to go in person during business hours and wait in line to get one.
- tomjakubowski 1y agoMy former giant corporate landlord (Onni) began refusing to accept checks as a matter of policy, even when I pointed this out exact law, and the language in my lease saying the landlord would accept them. They claimed that because the mandatory $5 "convenience fee" on their payment portal was paid to a third party processor, and not to them, that they were in the clear. I didn't want to go so far as to challenge them to either continue accepting check payments or, if they still refused, try and evict me, but maybe I should have.