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  1. #1
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    Default Rights of a Roommate Who Moves Out, In California

    Near the completion of my 1-year lease agreement, I gave my 30 days notice that I would be moving out - the others in the house decided to stay. I spoke with the landlord and was instructed not to attempt to collect any deposit money from the current/new roommates. She scheduled a walk through (of my room) - which she called to cancel because she was 'under the weather'. As per her instructions I returned my key, and included my forwarding address to her private residence. That was 23 days ago. I've attempted to get her on the phone - but she won't return my calls.
    I read some other threads (because I didn't want to duplicate =) but I didn't find anything along the lines of completion of lease, with roommates staying. So I guess my question is this - given that I completed the 1-year lease that I signed, do I still end up in a position to have to deal with recovering my monies through the previous co-tenants/roommates? Because they're evil, and irrational - and that would suck.
    second question - I have no documentation from my landlord, does that work against me as much as I think it does? The only things I have are 1) a copy of the lease I signed, and 2) copies of any letters that I've sent her. The first being my 30 days notice, and the second being a letter that I just mailed off today (in regards to the whole California supreme court 21 day limit on security deposits.)



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    Default Re: Rights of a Roommate Who Moves Out, In California

    Did you pay your share of the deposit directly to the landlord, or did one of your cotenants pay the deposit (perhaps with you contributing a share beforehand).

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